Well, it took a while, but it turns out that the S3 Savage 4 that I had used
successfully under Red Hat 6.1 and 6.2 worked because it was supported by
XFree86 3.3.6 .  However, the card is NOT supported by the newer XFree86
4.0.1 (?) that ships with RH 7.0 .   This was not immediately apparent
because PnP could name the card, but that didn't mean X had a good driver.

This left me with the option of downgrading back to 3.3.6 or getting a
compatible video card.

Choosing the path of least resistance I downgraded the video card. X and KDE
are very happy following the installation of a cheapo Kaser Trio-8.

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SAMBA installation to follow.

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: plug-discuss-admin@lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us
> [mailto:plug-discuss-admin@lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us]On Behalf Of Trent
> Shipley
> Sent: Monday, April 02, 2001 10:40 AM
> To: plug-discuss@lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us
> Subject: RE: Upgrade to RH7.0 woe (was No eth0)
>
>
> Thanks for all the advice on getting an EZ-config tool for SAMBA.  I am
> certain it will all come in quite useful.
>
> However, the more immediate problem is getting the graphical
> environment to
> work.
>
> I am starting to wonder whether xinitrc might be out of synch with the
> Xfree86 hardware configuration.   I think it is bringing up an SVGA entry
> rather that a hardware specific set of monitor parameters.
>
> Hmm.
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: plug-discuss-admin@lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us
> > [mailto:plug-discuss-admin@lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us]On Behalf Of Trent
> > Shipley
> > Sent: Sunday, April 01, 2001 6:52 PM
> > To: plug-discuss@lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us
> > Subject: Upgrade to RH7.0 woe (was No eth0)
> >
> >
> > Bad news:  Prior to the upgrade the Window Manager worked.  After the
> > upgrade it comes up, properly displays a startup screen in GNOME or KDE,
> > then proceeds to paint the whole screen black.  It scatters
> > windows randomly
> > all over the screen, and likes to loose its place -- like you
> would expect
> > if the monitor were being over-driven.
> >    So I re-ran Xconfigurator, and it named the Video-Card and
> > Monitor to the
> > letter from its database.  The test is great, the herringbone pattern is
> > fine -- just like before.
> >    Time to try 'startx' again.  Same thing.  It likes to paint
> the screen
> > black, paint app-windows more than once, and tile patterns
> diagonally over
> > the screen.  In KDE refreshing the screen pretty much works,
> > except that the
> > next action screws everything up all over again.
>
>
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