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totallinux
01-22-2003, 04:40 AM
Dell OptiPlex Gx110 and when i choose diagnose i can see: "No matching Device section for instance (BusID PCI:0:1:0) fou (EE) No devices detected.
Help i dont have a clue what to do? :confused:
edit: im using RedHat8
fancypiper
01-22-2003, 11:50 AM
Configure your x server:
redhat-config-xfree86
# Configuring x
Linux Hardware Compatibility HOWTO (http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/Hardware-HOWTO/)
The Linux XFree86 HOWTO (http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/XFree86-HOWTO/)
Common x configuring tools:
Redhat - setup utility leads to several config tools
Redhat 8.0 - redhat-config-xfree86
Debian - dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xfree86
You may have these tools:
XF86Setup
XFree86 -configure
Xconfigurator
xf86cfg
xf86config
xconf
totallinux
01-22-2003, 04:25 PM
Thanks i will check it out tomorrow.
fancypiper
01-22-2003, 04:31 PM
# Redhat links
Red Hat Linux Manuals (http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/linux/)
Easier software management: APT-RPM (http://apt-rpm.tuxfamily.org/) - Red Carpet (http://www.ximian.com/products/ximian_red_carpet/)
rpmfind (http://rpmfind.net/)
Maximum RPM (http://www.rpm.org/max-rpm/)
totallinux
01-23-2003, 10:06 AM
redhat-config-xfree86
fancypiper i get the following error message:
"Couldn't start X server, trying with a fresh configuration
Error, cannot start X server"
totallinux
01-23-2003, 11:55 AM
i found the problem it was the video card tnt2 16mb. during install redhat found the chipset of the mobo 810, but the video card was tnt2. all it took was that i manually scrolled down to nvidia tnt216mb so evrything is ok now. :)
fancypiper Thanks for the help and the links!
Regards/
TotalLinux