[GLLUG] Linux Hell

Michael Cox cox-m@sbcglobal.net
Thu, 17 Apr 2003 10:46:56 -0400


I have heard that the 82854 Intel chipset was poorly supported for Linux.
The following link is from a google search it may be helpful, at least, I
hope so.

http://support.intel.com/support/graphics/linux/graphics.htm

>-----Original Message-----
>From: linux-user-admin@egr.msu.edu
>[mailto:linux-user-admin@egr.msu.edu]On Behalf Of Thomas Alan Hearn
>Sent: Thursday, April 17, 2003 12:16 AM
>To: GLLUG
>Subject: [GLLUG] Linux Hell
>
>
>Awesome GLLUG users,
> I have totally given up on mandrake on my computer.  It will not work at
>all, either with USB drivers for the mouse and printer, and the thing is
>still running grosly slow, I can't even get in to run dmesg.  So with
>that... I've switching over to Redhat 8.0......but, now my X
>server crashes
>everytime so I can't get any graphical linux going.  Anyone have any ideas
>on this, it may be something easy, because I can still get into
>Linux-nonfb,
>but I don't know where to start.  My graphics card is an integrated Intel
>82845G chipset.  Sorry to keep bothering everyone but you've been
>helpful as
>can be, hopefully one day i can return some knowledge.
>Thanks again!
>Tom
>
>
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