[ale] Need help with Installation

[preston.boyington at mindspring.com (Preston Boyington)]

Tomek Skurzak wrote:
> 
> i am new to Linux. I tried to install Yoper and Suse. In both cases I 
> had problems with the video card. The bottom line is that I can not see 
> anything on the screen after the linux boots up. Even when I try to 
> adjust the screen visuals inside the monitor.
> 
> Would you know any commands in the shell I could use to change the 
> graphics? or any other suggestions?
> 
> The box is IBM  PII 300MHz.
> 
> Thank you,
> 
> Tom
> 

I would say that the easiest thing to do would be this: download a 
Knoppix cdrom and see what it detects for your video settings.  once you 
know what your hardware is (video card, monitor, etc) it will be _much_ 
easier for us to help.

Preston