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Old 03-13-2004
xwindow on old computer
hello
at first sorry for my english... i know it isn't good but i hope you can understand me
i want to install xwindow on my old pentium133MHz, 49MB ram memory, graphic card - stb horizon64 1MB (with old monochromatic monitor - horizontal 30.6-36.0, vertical 50-90) all this under redhat6.1... but after configuring when i want to start it something messed up and i can see only vertical stripes and i must reboot the machine...
my question is how can i configure xwindow on this computer? i can't do it by xf86config and i don't know how to do it manual...
please somebody help me :-) have a nice day :-)
Last edited by RTM; 03-15-2004 at 12:18 PM..
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Old 03-15-2004
Pgas,

I edited out your advanced English usage - please refrain from using that type of language. Thanks.

Get the hardware info for your video card and monitor and use the hardware compatiblity search on the redhat site to insure it can be used.
 
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