RE: [Sheflug] Monitor Issue Samtron SC-428TX

["Dawson, Alan" <xxxxx [at] xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

>Which Type of DeskPro is it ..?  The earlier deskpro's have  qvision2000
>graphics card , which , is a pain in the b*tt to to get X to go,  in
>fact I
>have been told that the graphics card is unsupported by linux (..?)

To refine that statement a little , from the hardware compatibility HOWTO
http://www.io.com/help/linux/Hardware-HOWTO.html#toc5

"Linux will work with all video cards in text mode"

But a little further down

"Works in progress

       Compaq QVision 
       Number Nine Imagine 128 


No, I do not know when support for these cards will be finished, please
don't ask me. If you want support for these cards now get
Accelerated-X.
..."

>>After a lot of struggle i am able to Install SuSe 7.3 on my Old Compaq
>>Deskpro Desktop. But i am facing the problem with Monitor. When SuSe ask
>>for X11 configuration then my monitor Model (SAMTRON Model No SC-428TX)
>>was not there in the list shown by SuSe. Then i tried to use the
>>combination of Frequency and Display option but it dod not work. Then
>>finally i selected the NO X11 and went ahead. 
>>
>>Now i am able to boot Linux but out put is so hazy that one can not
>>read.

If the output is hazy maybe the monitor is kaput..?
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