Savage4 and mandrake 6.5

[MbNin]

I'm a new guy and I've got an intersting problem, I have a Savage4 from Creative Labs. Creative Labs just released it's "beta" drivers for the card and I tried to install them and it crashed my box.

I installed the drivers correctly (as the instructions that come with the drivers said). Checked my monitor settings and they where correct, and after I was done installing the drivrers I rebooted the computer and it would get to the point where it would load Xwindows and it would go into a loop with the screen flashing on and off (as it kept tring to restart the GUI) I have tried to get to the command prompt but when I do it keeps flashing so as far as I know I screwed it up pretty good.

There are just two things I need to know,

1. How can I prevent the GUI from loading so I can manualy edit things.

2. Any one got any suggestions on how to get my video card in?

MbNin

[gorlon]

Probably the easiest way to do it is by running Xconfigurator. But someone more experienced might be able to tell you I'm wrong.

[xabbott]

Before he could run Xconfigurator, he needs to get to a prompt. =)
Anyway if you are using lilo at the lilo prompt type Linux 3 which boots you into console mode. From there you can edit things or like gorlon said run Xconfigurator.

[tkoster]

I had the same problem everytime the graphical login would try to load. I got around it initially by doing a non-graphical log-in and typing startx. But they just came out with a new savage 4 driver to go with xfree86. Since I installed that even the graphical login works great.

Tim

[bdg1983]

Try CTRL-ALT-BACKSPACE to get out of X. If that doesn't work, then try CTRL-ALT-F1 or F2 etc. to get a console. Login as root and edit /etc/inittab to change the runlevel so as not to start Xwindows at startup. Read the NHF here on Booting into GUI for the different runlevels etc.

I also have the Savage4 (Diamond S540) and I believe it uses the SVGA server. Caldera's eDesktop 2.4 detects it during the install and I run it at 1600x1200 16bit. Works great. Xversion 3.3.6

Check the compatibility list at www.xfree86.org (http://www.xfree86.org) for the version of X you are using and the suggested server to use. Perhaps you don't need the 'beta' drivers.

[Lorithar]

*grins*

*is using Creative Labs S3 Savage4 card*

I am running X4.0.2, with the 'savage' driver from www.probo.com/timr/savage40.html (http://www.probo.com/timr/savage40.html)
1) the savage driver that ships with the x.4.0.2 binary distribution craps out when EXITING the x session, and once the driver above is installed, you MUST set the SAL_DO_NOT_USE_INVERT50 env variable if you use staroffice. (i've added it to the soffice script in [install]/soffice/


With X.3.3.6 it worked fine with the SVGA driver and there was the driverset from Creative, however when I used that I found that the server WOULD NOT work in any other mode than 1024*768 ...no matter what I did to it.