Guest Wahyustr Posted January 28, 2006 Report Share Posted January 28, 2006 Hi, I've install mandrake 9.2 on Acer Aspire 3000. I got a problem in Display type ? Anyone could advise me....? Thanks Wahyu Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coverup Posted January 28, 2006 Report Share Posted January 28, 2006 what kind of videocard do you have? and what kind of problem? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Wahyustr Posted January 28, 2006 Report Share Posted January 28, 2006 As per Acer user guide, the specification of Display and Graphic of Acer Aspire 3000 is : 15" XGA Color TFT LCD with 1024x768 pixel resolution 15.4" WXGA color TFT LCD with 1280x800 pixel resolution 15.4" WXGA Acer CrystalBrite color TFT LCD with 1280x800 pixel resolution 16.7 million colors SiS M760GX integrated 3D graphics, with up to 128 MB of video memory supporting Microsoft DirectX 8.0 Dual independent display support The problem is always doesnt match with the mandrake 9.2 display database, so I cannt use GUI Thanks Wahyu Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ixthusdan Posted January 28, 2006 Report Share Posted January 28, 2006 I'm using SiSReal256E driver in Mandriva 2006. It does not match the chip but it works fine. I have the same laptop. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Wahyustr Posted January 28, 2006 Report Share Posted January 28, 2006 Well, I use Mandrake 9.2 instead of mandriva 2006 Have anyone try this ? Thanks Wahyu Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coverup Posted January 28, 2006 Report Share Posted January 28, 2006 Mandrake 9.2 uses XFree 4.3 to provide graphics. Read the documentation at http://www.xfree86.org/4.3.0/ . AFAIK, SiS support was rather limited in XFree 4.3, check this page: http://www.xfree86.org/4.3.0/SiS.html , though if you look at this review of Mandrake 10, http://www.osnews.com/story.php?news_id=6327 it sounds pretty optimistic. If you laptop is fairly recent, you better try Ix's advise and get a more recent version of mandrake/driva. If that is not an option, and you have to use 9.2, you mileage may vary. First of all, is your card detected at all? If it's detected correctly (check the hardware profile using MCC), try to configure X from console using XFdrake. If that does not work, try using xf86config, in both cases use the driver sis. If none of this work, or if the card is not detected, select generic VESA driver. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ianw1974 Posted January 28, 2006 Report Share Posted January 28, 2006 I would safely say that if your laptop is relatively new, chances are the hardware won't be supported on older versions of Mandrake. You'd be better running a later release, as everyone has suggested so far. 2006 is most likely your best bet, as there's no real reason to use an old one. Older versions will be unsupported as well in terms of a lot of updates. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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