Mandrake & Oxygen

[Gene Dascher]

I have pretty much decided to do a VERY limited install, and then
install the latest XFree86 binaries and anything else I might need from
there.  

According to the XFree86 Xpert mailing list, my video card is listed in
the source code for the glint driver for XFree86 4.1.  Whether it works
or not is another question!

Gene

crash3m wrote:
> 
> Gene,
> 
> If you do a text based install, then use rpm or any other rpm tool to
> install/upgrade X.  There are plenty of tools included with mandrake for
> configuring your system. Xconfigurator, xf86cfg, startx --configure...
> 
> Matt
> 
> p.s. have you checked the hardware database to see if that card is supported?
> 
> On Friday 10 August 2001 07:53, you wrote:
> > I have recently purchased a 3DLabs Oxygen VX1-16 AGP video card and was
> > trying to install Mandrake 8.0 on my system.  The problem that I am
> > having is that I cannot do a GUI install as the screen goes completely
> > bonkers (Yes, that is the technical term :) ).  I can do a text based
> > install, BUT the text install does not seem to give you as many options
> > as the GUI install does.  It makes a lot of assumptions for you(i.e.,
> > file system, etc.) as the GUI gives you these choices.  Here is my
> > question:  Will an expert install allow me to use an updated XFree86
> > driver for my particular video card, or am I stuck with doing the text
> > install?
> >
> > Gene
> >
> >