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07-27-2003, 03:46 AM
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LQ Newbie
Registered: Jul 2003
Location: Costa Rica
Distribution: red hat 8.0
Posts: 2
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Help me please!!!
i have red hat 8.0 and had a nvidia 32mb pci video card but i change it because it was to much because my machine was running as a server so i puted a 8 mb pci video card so now i cant run the graffic mode (X) just text or terminal or console so now i need help so i can reconfigure my new and shitty pci video card but i do not know how and theres no Xconf just XFree86 or something like that please help me im a fool !! jeje! please help
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07-27-2003, 04:04 AM
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Moderator
Registered: Jun 2001
Location: UK
Distribution: Gentoo, RHEL, Fedora, Centos
Posts: 43,417
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please use *USEFUL* thread titles in future... you are obviosuly here for help.... there's no need to tell us.
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07-27-2003, 07:54 AM
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Member
Registered: Jul 2003
Location: Brighton, Michigan, USA
Distribution: Lots of distros in the past, now Linux Mint
Posts: 748
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try:
xf86cfg -textmode
(As root) That should give you a menu for setting up your mouse, keyboard, vidcard, monitor.
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07-27-2003, 03:03 PM
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LQ Newbie
Registered: Jul 2003
Location: Costa Rica
Distribution: red hat 8.0
Posts: 2
Original Poster
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ok thank you! iam learning and i really thank you but the video card that i have is a generic card their componets are Alliance Semicondcutor Promotion aT24 what brand is that ?? What do i do ??
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