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>>Geoffrey wrote:
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>>>Tomek Skurzak wrote:
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>>>>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.
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>>>Do you know what video card it has?  Switch to a virtual console
>>>(ctrl-alt-F3 should work) and then check out /var/log/XFree86.0.log or
>>>/var/log/Xorg.0.log depending on what version you're running.  If you
>>>can't figure out what's going on there, post the contents of the log
>>>file and we'll go from there.
>>>      
>>>
>>I had the exact same card and tried to install Suse8.2 a while back. Did
>>not work. Contacted Suse about this. Was told that they consider this an
>>obsolete card and sorry, no help.
>>Good luck, Cor van Dijk
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>Do you know any other version of linux (excluding Suse and Yoper) that would
>run with S3 Trio64V2 video controller?
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I am presently running Enterprise Linux on a machine with a different card.
According to the cards listed here, S3 Trio64V2 is supported.
According to /proc/version, the exact name of this distro is &quot;Red Hat 
Linux 3.2.3-20&quot;,
kernel 2.4.21-4.EL.
Hope this helps. Cor van Dijk


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