From: "Joe Barr" 


According to Google, the Intel 740-854 has been problematic on Linux since
1999.  Most complaints are that it will only run in 640x480 mode.  No hits
turned up re the 740-854 and Linux after 1999.






On Thu, 28 Nov 2002 18:26:29 +0200, Antti Kurenniemi wrote:

> Soooo,
>
>
> went and bought a RH package ('cause I wanted the manuals in print), and
> started installing. We had an extra Dell box, so I used that one. In goes
> the first cd, and installation starts. The installer recognized the
> monitor (flat panel) perfectly, and display adapter (intel 854
> something)... and then said "no display mode available".
>
> Okey-dokey, ditch the panel and start over again with another, more
> "normal" monitor. Install went fine, again it recognized the monitor
> (iiyama something) correctly, and installed everything.
>
> But then the display was set so what looked like 640x480 resolution, which
> was a bit difficult because the configuration window was higher than that,
> so the buttons were below the bottom of the screen. Anyone seen that
> before (hint: it has been bothering Windows for ages)? Well, no problem,
> right: just make the window smaller by dragging the top border down, and
> then move the whole window up to get the buttons on screen.
>
> Bu wait! The window *cannot*be*resized*from*the*top*border! Unbelievable!
> Who the fuck thought that I could not resize that windo, huh? What a
> genious idea.
>
> Well, anyways, I managed to move the window around to get the buttons. So,
> change the resolution and restart the x-window thing (wow, ain't that a
> modern approach, having to restart the stupid thing), and hey presto - the
> same low resolution again.
>
> So, changed it again, double-checking the settings, and restarted the
> whole machine just to make sure. This time, the display comes up as
> text-only, with an error message that is gibberish - none of the
> characters are right. But there are two buttons, of which one has two and
> the other three characters, so those must be yes and no. Hit enter, hoping
> the defaults are okay, and bang! systems restarts and says it cannot start
> x-windows at all.
>
> Okay, this clearly stinks way worse than Mandrake, so I'm just going to
> call this a failure and not touch RedHat again in two or three years. A
> few years ago I had similar problems with RedHat, but I thought it would
> have gotten better in that respect - obviously I was wrong.
>
> In general, the distros need to become more uniform in support of
> hardware, because this kind of nonsense really does not make Linux look
> good in, at least not in my books.
>
>
> Antti Kurenniemi
> (a bit tired, but still determined to get a working Linux installation
> soon)

--

--- BBBS/NT v4.01 Flag-4