HD Install :: ATI Graphics Pro Turbo PCI (atim64-CT)
well you stated
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Yes i tried ist with x-setup and i testet every plausible boot-code.
Otherwise, you may as well check out the wiki page on cheatcodes.
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Otherwise, you may as well check out the wiki page on cheatcodes.
Beleve me, i tried out every possibility and i īm sick of booting, configuring x and getting a black screen for the 265th time...
If i understood right, vga=normal is the bootcode for the configuring like the bootscreen. If this is 640x480x8, why does x not perform with this minimal-configuration when the bootscreen works? Now i am at a loss.
Your suggestion to use XFree86.ext in mydsl is no solution for me, i do not even understand the documentation (bad english / minimal Linux knowledge).
My very last idea is, to by an other cheap pci-graphics card via ebay.So here i am again. Itīs definitely no "ATI-Problem". I bought another graphics-card (Creative Labs CT 6610 PCI) and i got the same problem. Also a change of the monitor did not help.
Win 3.11, Win95 and Win98 run well on it but the system is to poor to run the under Windows needed antivirus-programme. It would be a shame to put the old machine into the dustbin. Canīt anybody help me?Can you try another monitor too?
Just a last resort, did you try booting with "fb640x480 dsl failsafe lowram noacpi noapm acpi=off apm=off xsetup" then choosing xfbdev server, then 640x480x8 ?
If you want to check potential problems in the logs, boot with "dsl 2" then run dmesg, and paste the output.
Also, when you get the black screen, can you press ctrl+alt+backspace to exit back to the virtual terminal?This ist the second old machine i trye to use with DSL on which DSL does definitely not work (at least as no linux-scientist operates ist) and the products of evil Bills company run quite fine without any administrative intervention....
I do not want to qualify as a professor in computer siences. I just want an old computer run safely for internet browsing. I tryed 3 different monitors 2 graphics-cards and every possible bootoption......, read tons of howtos, forum-postings and manuals and, and, and...
Now (pardon me) Iīm fed up with DSL.
But irrespective of my frustration with DSL I thank your very much for your help.