[96831] in RedHat Linux List
Re: Video problems
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Thomas L Dickson)
Thu Oct 29 14:40:00 1998
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Date: Thu, 29 Oct 1998 11:13:54 -0800
From: bombcar420@juno.com (Thomas L Dickson)
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You can get a $188 dollar MB from Frys Electronics with an AMD k2/3dnow
300MHz.
Also, try tiger-direct, they have pretty good prices.
On Wed, 28 Oct 1998 23:45:21 -0600 (CST) John Mayson
<jmayson@mindspring.com> writes:
>If you promise not to laugh, I'll admit I still use a 486. I have a
>video
>board capable of going up to 1024x800 (or whatever that resolution is)
>and
>a monitor that can go to 800x600. I'll also admit I run Win95 and run
>it
>under 800x600. However, when I run Xconfigurator and set myself up
>as
>800x600, I get that cursed blinking screen when I try start X windows.
> I
>have to settle for the next lower resolution which just plain stinks!
>
>I have a Cirrus Logic board and I have tried both generic VGA monitor
>and
>custom monitor (I do have the specs on my monitor to do this). It's
>an
>AT&T monitor.
>
>Any ideas on how I can convince Linux to run under a better
>resolution? I
>*DO* have the proper XFree86 files. Also, any ideas how to make
>those
>icons in the control panel smaller? Airline pilots can see them
>they're
>so large.
>
>If anyone knows any sources for cheap motherboards (I'd settle for a
>low
>end Pentium or AMD 586) please let me know. I'm going to pick up a
>Computer Shopper when I buy the next issue of Linux Journal.
>
>---
>John Mayson <jmayson@mindspring.com>
>"Linux... the OS for people who think"
>
>
>
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