[oclug] Mandrake - random - freezing

[bartom]

 Mark wrote

> IIRC, 7.2 installs XFree86 4.x which, last time I checked, does not
> support Mach64 based cards. You might want to try Mandrake 7.1 instead.

In frustration I tried to install RedHat 7 last night, I could not get the
monitor to to "sync".  Today I will buy a new
ATI Expert series Video card, (ensuring it's on the HCL) and see if that
helps.  I also see that Mandrake supplies both Xfree86 3.3.6 & 4.0.1. Do you
know how to drop back to 3.3.6, can I just install the RPM?


regards

Barry

----- Original Message -----
From: Mark Drummond <bofh at home.com>
To: <oclug at lists.oclug.on.ca>
Sent: Wednesday, February 07, 2001 7:19 AM
Subject: Re: [oclug] Mandrake - random - freezing


> bartom wrote:
> >
> > 2. Replace the video card.  The card is an older ATI Graphics Pro Turbo.
> > Windows reports the following on it - chip is Mach64gx Rev D,  the DAC
is
> > ATI68860 Rev C,  has direct draw 1.00 and  2 megs of memory. I am
running it
> > with 256 colors at 640x 480.
>
> IIRC, 7.2 installs XFree86 4.x which, last time I checked, does not
> support Mach64 based cards. You might want to try Mandrake 7.1 instead.
>
> - Mark
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