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X not displaying correctly on RedHat 7.1 and LH4

 
Bert Woods
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X not displaying correctly on RedHat 7.1 and LH4

I have installed RH 7.1 on a LH4 and when I get the GUI login screen it displays but is corrupted.
It looks like a memory, irq, or driver issue, but, I'm not sure.

I think the Video is a Cirrus Logic GD5446
But, if I use that the system reboots so I am using GD544x driver which seems to work but has the garbled display.

Has anyone had success with RH 7.1 and a LH4?

Thanks...
"it's not a problem until it a problem"
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Mark Fenton
Esteemed Contributor

Re: X not displaying correctly on RedHat 7.1 and LH4

I, too, have had problems with the X-displays with various video cards. The solution I've been relegated to is to select the screen resolution/depth that works (test, test and re-test) and go with that.

Could your problem be with the monitor sync rate vice the video card per se? I had that problem also (cheap, used monitor with no documentation) and that gave me some amount of trouble as well -- display in two sections (sync on green vice sync on blue or sync rate not supported).

No experience with LH4, though, srry.
Vincenzo Restuccia
Honored Contributor

Re: X not displaying correctly on RedHat 7.1 and LH4

Bill McNAMARA_1
Honored Contributor

Re: X not displaying correctly on RedHat 7.1 and LH4

I have had problems with rh7.1 too on install.
With cirrus cards also. I could only get it going at 1024 with debian and suze.
RH7.1 also posed problems (even on install gui) with an ATI rage card.

Later,
Bill
It works for me (tm)