[ale] Need help with Installation

[Nick Travis]

I've used a simular machine with simular results.  I had to lower the
video quality settings, even though the video card and the monitor
probed successfully the resolution and number of colors were too high.

Nick



On Wed, 12 Jan 2005 10:20:28 -0500, Geoffrey <esoteric at 3times25.net> wrote:
> Jay Loden wrote:
> > As others have suggested, try a live linux cd like knoppix or some
> > other distribution to see if it can configure the video card.
> >
> > If you are interested in trying another distribution for install, I
> > recommend Mandrake, it has good hardware detection, and a X config
> > tool you can run from the command prompt.  Suse may have this also,
> > I'm not familiar with it.
> 
> Yes, you can run Yast from the command line and select to configure the
> video card.
> 
> --
> Until later, Geoffrey
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