vesa drivers

jostby · 02-20-2004, 10:55 AM

No responses to my Compaq Presario 3000 question, so let me ask another: Where can I get a vesa driver for Mandrake 9.2, and how would I install it?

Thanks,

jostby

hw-tph · 02-20-2004, 11:24 AM

XFree86 comes with a working vesa driver, called simply vesa. If you have XFree86 installed (you probably do!) just edit your config file (usually /etc/X11/XF86Config-4) and set the driver to use by your video card to "vesa".

Håkan

mhiggins · 02-20-2004, 11:47 AM

You may want to run lspci to see what type of device the video card is so you can chose a more appropriate driver for that device. The "vesa" driver that comes with X works but a specialized driver may have better/more features. I also saw that the compaq uses shared memory card which means you may "have to use the driver for that card and you may need some kernel support. I would start with the lscpi to get the model of the video card and go form there.

hw-tph · 02-20-2004, 12:02 PM

Hmmm...yes, upon Googling for a bit it seems it uses some variant of the Intel 810 chipset, so try the "i810" driver instead.

Håkan

jostby · 02-20-2004, 12:53 PM

OK. Now, if I can find a useable command-line editor! (I'm new at this.) I tried a few (pico, vim, etc.) and they were horrible. I don't want to learn a new editor; all I want to do is change XF86Config-4. :-)

jostby

hw-tph · 02-20-2004, 01:26 PM

nano, if installed, should be very to the point and not as confusing as vi and its clones often is when you start out using them.

Håkan

jostby · 02-20-2004, 01:39 PM

nano. OK. Now, if I could find /etc/X11/XF86Config-4. It's not there.

jostby

BrokenUSMC2003 · 02-20-2004, 03:36 PM

use vi (vi /etc/X11/XF86Config in console) to edit your XF86Config file. Typing in just /etc/X11/XF86Config will try to execute the file, which Linux does not like. Hope that helped some!

jostby · 02-20-2004, 06:11 PM

Thanks to all. But, I still can't find XF86Config, XF86Config-4, or anything like it, anywhere!?

jostby