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04-15-2002

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mandrake 7.0 and X

I have problems. I have to use Mandrake 7.0 for a college course and I have it installed and I can do all the command line stuff, but I want to get to the GUI. Problem is, I can't start X.

SO, after doing some searching on google, I downloaded XFree86 4.0.1 and the latest driver for my video card (which I found that Mandrake 7.0 and the Geforce GTS 2 have problems together).

I have not installed the video card driver yet because I'm not sure how to run rpms from the command line. Is it:

Code:

rpm thetitleoftherpm.rpm

Secondly, when trying to install XFree86, I get all kinds of errors during the install that say "directory not found" and some other small errors. XFree86.org says to use their "extract.exe" file if this happens. I've done that and i can't seem to get a "good copy" of it according to the install script.

So my big question is, can I get a more updated version of something like XFdrake or something similar that would recognize my video card (Elsa Gladiac Geforce 2 GTS 32mb) and my monitor (Viewsonic E790B) and let me get into XWindows?

Thanks. I know this is long but I felt a good explaination was necessary.

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i740

I740(4) 						     Kernel Interfaces Manual							   I740(4)

NAME

       i740 - Intel i740 video driver

SYNOPSIS

       Section "Device"
	 Identifier "devname"
	 Driver "i740"
	 ...
       EndSection

DESCRIPTION

       i740 is an Xorg driver for Intel i740 video cards.

SUPPORTED HARDWARE

       The i740 driver supports Intel 740 based cards.	A list of cards reported to work is provided in the README file with the driver source.

CONFIGURATION DETAILS

       Please refer to xorg.conf(5) for general configuration details.	This section only covers configuration details specific to this driver.

       The driver auto-detects all device information necessary to initialize the card.

       However, if you have problems with auto-detection, you can specify:

       VideoRam - in kilobytes

       DacSpeed - in MHz

       MemBase - physical address of the linear framebuffer

       IOBase  - physical address of the memory mapped IO registers

       The following driver options are supported on all chipsets:

       Option "NoAccel" "boolean"
	      Disable or enable 2D acceleration. Default: acceleration is enabled.

       Option "SWCursor" "boolean"
	      Request a software cursor (hardware is default). Default: off

       Option "SDRAM" "boolean"
	      Force the use of SDRAM timings. Default: off

       Option "SGRAM" "boolean"
	      Force the use of SGRAM timings. Default: off

       Option "SlowRam" "boolean"
	      Force the use of slower ram timings. Default: off

       Option "Dac6Bit" "boolean"
	      Force the use of a 6 Bit Dac (8 Bit is the default). Default: off

       Option "UsePIO" "boolean"
	      Force the use of programmed IO (Memory mapped is the default). Default: off

       Note:  the  i740  X  server should automatically detect whether your card has SGRAM or SDRAM.  Use the "sgram" and "sdram" options if it is
       incorrectly detected.

SEE ALSO

       Xorg(1), xorg.conf(5), Xserver(1), X(7)

AUTHORS

       Authors include:  Kevin E Martin and Daryll Strauss of Precision Insight, Inc.

       The XFree86 version of this driver was donated to The XFree86 Project by Precision Insight, Inc., Cedar Park, TX, USA

       The Xorg version of this driver originally came from XFree86 4.4rc2.

X Version 11						       xf86-video-i740 1.3.2							   I740(4)