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Re: [SLUG] Redhat Wierdness
You may want to fire up lynx and download X4.0 the new drivers remedy
most video probs.
The Gods Previously Read:
> Here's one that has me stumped.
>
> I've just blown away an EvilWare/NT server and installed Redhat 6.0, only
> because I don't have the 6.2 CD here.
>
> Initially I started with Mandrake, then SuSE 6.3 (used on the desktop with
> no problems), then the Mrs got me a copy of Macmillan, and now Redhat, and
> they ALL have the same problem.
>
> The server is a P200, 128Mb RAM, 1 x 13gb and 1 x 6.4gb drives, SCSI card
> with 24Gb DAT attached. Nothing special (all right, maybe the DAT is, but
> it was FREE !!). The video card is a Matrox Millennium II 8Mb and has the
> "Rainbow Runner" video capture daughter board (somply haven't had time to
> remove it).
>
> Whenever I start X, I get screen corruption. Going back to text mode, I get
> vertical dotted lines and the characters are "broken" - i.e. pixels
> missing, etc.
>
> Firstly I thought the Video RAM was at fault, so I did some fairly
> intensive testing on it, and it is fine. It appears (to me) to be something
> in the way Linux is driving this card. While I could accept this if the
> problem was in graphics mode only (i.e. X), it's happening in TEXT mode as
> well.
>
> Anyone have any ideas (trying another video card is a post-Mothers Day
> project).
>
> Jon
>
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