pardon my saying this, but the lion's share of the problem
is: ITS A BLOODY COMPAQ!

You are better off remaining with the kernel that came
with the distri for now. The new kernel 2.2.17 doesn't
have all the modules worked out for it yet.

Hawke

Roger Prutsman wrote:

> I have a compaq m700 running RH6.1 on it. X would not
> work during the install, and it required me to install
> in text mode and then come back after words and set
> the /etc/lilo.conf linux entry with a flag of: vga=791
>
> Once I did  this, everything worked great. I grabbed
> down Helix and some other programs out there. The only
> thing I was missing was the sound module as maestro
> was not part of that distro.
>
> I downloaded and compiled 2.2.17. I was able to boot
> to it and get sound working. The problem is, X won't
> work. I have read everything I can on this, and it
> won't go. When I set that same vga line in lilo.conf
> on this kernel, I get nothing on boot up-- the screen
> displays nothing- though the hd churns. I have read
> that I need frame buffering turned on in the kernel to
> enable this thing to work. I am not sure where that
> parameter is located. I have recompiled this damn
> thing several times, with no success. The card is
> recognized, but it won't display correctly. I am sure
> it is the frame buffer.
>
> Can anyone help?
>
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