[techtalk] Problem with Intel 810 Video Chip Set

kar99002 at uconnvm.uconn.edu kar99002 at uconnvm.uconn.edu
Sun Jul 9 10:31:30 EST 2000


hi all

i've been lurking for a while now...i've been very busy with my summer 
internship and had some problems with my university mail server...my password 
expired and i had to resort to some rather exreme measures to get my mail 
working again.  

i recently switched distros...i'm running mandrake 7.0 on a HP pavilion 4535.  
i am extremely happy with mandrake, but yet again, i'm having problems with my 
video card.  i used to run RH 6.0, which did not support the intel i810 
chipset.  thus, i was forced to suffer with a generic VGA screen, which is 
functional, but doesn't help me in convincing people that linux is great.  =)
unfortunately, my problems have continued with mandrake. 

with mandrake i'm running XFree86 3.3.6, and i downloaded the intel-supplied 
rpms, which appear to be for use with 3.3.5, but i keep getting error 
messages.  i know that mandrake 7.1 is fully supported out-of-the-box for i810 
chipsets, but i'd sort of like to make my video card work without having to 
upgrade...i'm not at school, and therefore i have no T3 line with which to 
download...all i know is i'm getting tired of 8 bit color and a 640x480 
resolution!  

if anyone can help me out a bit, i'd appreciate it.  on the other hand, if 
fixing it is more trouble than it's worth, i'll just bite the bullet and 
upgrade it.  

thanks

Katie





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