RedHat Linux 7.3 and an S3 Trio64V+

shart121 · 09-21-2002, 05:35 PM

I have looked a little on the internet and found that several other people are having this same problem. For some reason when Redhat 7.3 tries to bring up the GUI it fails and the monitor just sits there and goes blank. Any ideas? I have tried moving the card around into different PCI slots and it has no affect. Linux wants to install drivers for the card as a S3 Trio64V. The actual card is a S3 Trio64V+.

DavidPhillips · 09-21-2002, 10:33 PM

try some different modes

shart121 · 09-22-2002, 09:16 AM

what???????????????

DavidPhillips · 09-22-2002, 02:15 PM

maybe 640x480 to start with

and you might try a different, maybe lower color depth

shart121 · 09-22-2002, 05:15 PM

ya well it randomly desided to work i have reinstalled it 5 or 6 times now

fool_inteligent · 09-23-2002, 04:47 PM

i think SHART is 100% right this is a problem in redhat 7.3 edition (only).
i have tried it on some differnet moniters and vga cards but the result is same.
X works fine if default init is 5, and if init is set to 3 (text mode) then whenever we give the startx command it gives the same error of moniter. and we have to run xfree86 setup again.

shart121 · 09-23-2002, 05:02 PM

i just don't get it cause i move it to another moniter and it stops working and i bring it back to the other one and it works. i need a new moniter.

DavidPhillips · 09-23-2002, 06:56 PM

The sync is not right for that monitor, each monitor is different and some settings for one may not work for another, and couls actually distroy the monitor.

shart121 · 09-23-2002, 07:30 PM

so i shouldn't do that or ill break my moniter is that what your saying

DavidPhillips · 09-23-2002, 07:48 PM

Most likely the monitor, but possibly the video

I would use Xconfigurator and see if it works with a low color setting at 640x480 and 800x600 and just go from there.

if there is a way you can find out the correct settings for your monitor you can put them in, that is the correct way to do it.

shart121 · 09-24-2002, 05:41 AM

ya it is an old compaq 140 so it is no surrprise that it doesn't run. i did get it going on an IBM G74