New to Linux, Installtion Question
Im new to linux, and really don't know nothing about it yet. Im tryin to install the Mandrakes 10. 1 onto my dell Inspiron 2600, and the only problem I think I have is the video card. My laptop has on-board graphics, and every setting I test gives me that No Video BIOS modes for chosen depth.
Im new to linux, and really don't know nothing about it yet. Im tryin to install the Mandrakes 10.1 onto my dell Inspiron 2600, and the only problem I think I have is the video card. My laptop has on-board graphics, and every setting I test gives me that "No Video BIOS modes for chosen depth". I played with ALL of the setting and still nothing. I tried flashing my dell BIOS with the new updated BIOS but still nothing, I googled for a week and still nothing. Can anyone help me, or has had the same problem in the past?
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Im serious, im so pissed I put the damn laptop on eBay for sale. No lie! http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vie...ssPageName=WDVW
Originally posted by mulatto:
Quote:Im serious, im so ed I put the damn laptop on eBay for sale. No lie! http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vie...ssPageName=WDVW
wow. you're serious! I love it, the f it attitude is great. I can totally respect that. sometimes it's not worth it I guess. I on the other hand would take it and smash it with a hammer but I have some issues. That's the reason I've been absent from this board for so long.
Quote:Im serious, im so ed I put the damn laptop on eBay for sale. No lie! http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vie...ssPageName=WDVW
wow. you're serious! I love it, the f it attitude is great. I can totally respect that. sometimes it's not worth it I guess. I on the other hand would take it and smash it with a hammer but I have some issues. That's the reason I've been absent from this board for so long.
Originally posted by mulatto:
Quote:OMG, I just reinstalled the whole OS and the file is still blank. I think im gonna give up on this.
Oops, I think I know what happened here, but it's too late.
When you re-installed Mandrake, you did not tell the installer to reformat the partition, so it retained your xorg file. If you re-install any distro for problems like this and want to start from scratch, pick total install + format, not to upgrade the version that Mandrake found.
Quote:OMG, I just reinstalled the whole OS and the file is still blank. I think im gonna give up on this.
Oops, I think I know what happened here, but it's too late.
When you re-installed Mandrake, you did not tell the installer to reformat the partition, so it retained your xorg file. If you re-install any distro for problems like this and want to start from scratch, pick total install + format, not to upgrade the version that Mandrake found.
couldn't you have just sent me the laptop personally? I'd like to have a nice one as I can't afford any.
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