On Sunday 22 June 2003 01:39, Paul Johnson wrote: > On Sun, Jun 22, 2003 at 01:07:21AM +1200, cr wrote: > > > And, just so I can join in the foray of the auto-detect flame-fest > > > here, if a user doesn't know his hardware well enough to be able to > > > pick it from a list he shouldn't be installing an OS in the first > > > place. > > > > Errr, *wrong*. Much of my gear is second-hand, and of course the > > first thing the original owners invariably do is lose the manuals. > > :( My current motherboard is the first one I've ever had a manual > > for, ditto my S3 VGA card, and I've *never* owned any monitor of a > > brand that's been listed in the 'X' config options. > > Actually, he's right. It's 2003 and people still don't know about > Google?
You think I didn't *try* that? ;) Short of taking the monitor apart and looking for some name on the chassis inside, I could find nothing. And that does presuppose one has a spare working PC with an Internet connection handy. > > Yet, both RedHat and Mandrake's graphical installers and Debian's penguin > > logo display fine with *whatever* card I'm running - what is it the > > installers know that they won't tell X config ? :( > > X is not the framebuffer. I don't know the technicalities, it still seems odd to me that the installers can display a graphical image perfectly while they're installing, yet when they reach the point of setting up X, she don't work. Not to mention, frustrating. cr -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
