On Sunday 18 May 2003 04:32 pm, Ziegler, Lynn wrote: > I, too, have an ATI Radeon 7500 w/64mb of ram. The RH8 installation disk > detected the board automatically, I got to choose my resolution (I have > used both 1600x1200 and 1280x1024 with 24 bpp successfully) and the entire > installation went smooth as silk right off the RH8 disks in my package. > > Have you tried the System Settings/display off the main menu to reset the > display to a higher resolution? If you do, be careful as some resolutions > that are offered seem not to be compatible with the Radeon 7500. In > particular, my attempt to use 1400x1050 resulted in the loss of X so I had > to edit the X config file to set it back to 1600x1200. > > In any case, I am very puzzled by your problem as I had none. (I am using > an Athlon 1200mhz machine with 768 megs memory, although it is hard to > imagine that would make a difference.) > > Lynn i bought one of those once. the standard ati radeon driver did not work, it was one of those POWERED BY ATI, built by someone else. not all ati video cards are the same. i have a rage 128 agp from super grace, most of the options on it DO NOT WORK, with the standard ati drivers. tyotk tyche > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Joe Poulos [mailto:poulos69@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] > Sent: Sat 5/17/2003 3:59 PM > To: video4linux-list@xxxxxxxxxx > Cc: > Subject: (no subject) > I am having trouble with my newly install of RH8. The OS will not come up > unless I choose 640x800 resolution. I have an ATI Radeon 7500 w/64mb of > ram. Being new at Linux I am at a loss as to why this OS will not allow > anything higher. > > > > > -- > video4linux-list mailing list > Unsubscribe mailto:video4linux-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/video4linux-list
