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to: Frank Haber
from: Antti Kurenniemi
date: 2002-11-28 21:59:46
subject: Re: RedHat 8.0 - sucking up badly

From: "Antti Kurenniemi" 

I did actually wipe the first installation completely and then install it
anew with just the crt - I think it's the adapter chipset that isn't liked.


Antti Kurenniemi

"Frank Haber"  wrote in message
news:3de643fa{at}w3.nls.net...
> I had the same kind of thing with Mandrake 8.1 when I threw a flat at it.
> I'd definitely try blowing the partition table away and starting again
with
> the Iiyama/Idek tube.
>
> But this doesn't excuse the RH failure.  Or the continuing trouble I've
had
> with digital-out soundcards.
>
> (To soften the blow, many computers cannot now display their splash screen
> on flat panels.  I've seen cases where the **BIOS** screen is flakey.
Then
> there's the lovely gotcha that requires you to have an analogue CRT around
> to set up a computer with a DVI-only flat panel. That's unacceptable.)
>
>

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