[plug] new linux user

[Len Bird]

I had a generally similar problem with one of two machines I have here,
one was a Cyrix 686 @ 134 megs with a Cirrus Video Card, and the other
is a Pentium 2 @ 350 Mhz with an S-3 Video Card. This latter machine was
the problem child. I loaded RH-6 into both machines, and by default,
Gnome/Enlightenment is the X server. It was so bad that I could not even
begin to describe the peculiar and erratic display behaviour, and nobody
was likely to be interested anyhow.

I eventually swapped over the Video Cards so the the Cyrix 686 now has
the S-3 card, and the Pentium 2 has the Cirrus Logic Card. Both machines
seem to be happy with this situation.  John Summerfield's response to
your problem seems to confirm that there is some kind of problem with
S-3 Video Cards, and I took a hint from a previous comment from that
source and this prompted me to swap the Video cards about.  It should
however be bourne in mind that no two hardware situations are ever
identical.

I hope this is of some assistance, and wish you the best of luck,

Regards,  Len Bird

Tom Baric wrote:

>  Hi, My Linux Redhat 6 is giving me a bit of grief and I was hoping a
> PLUG guru may be able to offer some advice to a new Linux user??? When
> I bring up gdm and click on either backslash or /var the gdm window
> starts to flicker and freezes the session, so that the only way out is
> ctl-alt-bkspc to the gnome log in screen. Certain applications such as
> minicom and extace will only stay on screen for a second or two and
> disappear. When I go to add certain applets to my panel such as ones
> with graphical components (ie: wanda) my entire panel disappears
> completely from my desktop environment. I've reconfigured X11 so many
> times and in so many ways I suspect I may have a bug in the system. In
> particular I've concentrated on XF86Configs monitor and graphics
> device sections. Any advice or suggestions would be appreciated. I
> don't suppose a simple way exists to understand the "core" dumped in
> my gdm?
> tks                                            Tom....
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