New to Linux

[Eric Rounds]

I have an HP Pavilion 6630 that I am trying to install Red Hat on. I am "VERY"
new to Linux and Red Hat and was wondering if I could get some advice on
something.

It appears that Red Hat doesn't support my Monitor nor does it support my
Graphics card (Intel I think)... Everytime I start "startx" I get a resolution
of 640X480 at probably (I think) 16colors or so. I ran the XF86Setup and I
still can't get anywhere with the resolution...

Does anyone have any suggestions?

Thanks,
Eric
erounds@excite.com

[Patrick Watts_1]

As discussed in several previous threads, the Intel i810 Graphics Controller
requires either XFree Versions 3.3.6 or greater OR installation of Intels
XServer, available on Intels web site (thanks Martin!)at
http://support.intel.com/support/graphics/intel810/linuxsoftware.htm

[Simon Hawkins]

Have you tried using XConfigurator? It has various information about Graphics Cards and Monitors. It allows you to specify monitor Settings, refresh rates etc, and graphics card. I could tell you more, but i'm not infront of my RedHat box!

What version are you running of RH??

- Simon.

[Albert E. Whale, CISSP]

What version of Linux are you using? Many of the Popular NEW Versions of Linux come with the ability to detect the Video Drivers needed for your display Driver.

If you need additional Technical information about the XFree86 Software, then check out http://www.xfree86.org/

Let me know if you have any more questions.

[kjell mesch]

Sounds like you are using the monitor spec for standard VGA. Does your XF86Config have any monitor besides the generic VGA in section "Monitor"

It is not easy to get anything working if you don't know what chip the graphics card is using.
Crack open the box or read the documentation for the machine.
If XF86Setup or Xconfigurator does not find and autoconfig the card you just has to know what card you have to config X you self.

Get the spec for the monitor as well
ie.
HorizSync
VertRefresh
and spec for the resolution you want to use
ie 1280x1024 @ 80Hz or what ever

Use these values to define a custom monitor in config-tools for X.

Try upgrading to Red hat 6.2 to get the latest version of X as a last resort.
(Or just the X11 rpm's)

Sending my XF86Config, so you can look at it as well. (nothing fancy)

/kjell

[DGoldman]

I have found RH to autodetect many cards incorrectly. If your running a recent version of X,I suggest running Xconfigurator --expert as root. As mentioned before you need to crack the box open and get the details on your hardware.
To startx in a higher res type something like
startx --16bpp respectively.
Regards,
DG

[DGoldman]

I wasnt clear on the commands.
Type "Xconfigurator --expert" to invoke expert mode.
Type "startx --16bpp" for res
without the "