Re: Red Hat Linux and VPC 7.0.1

Yes, adjust your color to 16bit, not 15 or 24.

Also, use the generic VESA driver instead of the S3 Trio driver if you want
more than 2/4MB of VRAM.


"Charles Tam" wrote:

>
> w...@xxxxxxxx wrote:
> > I have had success getting Red Hat 8 installed on VPC but have not
> been
> > able to overcome the frozen mouse.
> > I have also installed Red Hat 9 but get a resolution that I can't
> read.
> > I have also tried it on my Mac Ti Powerbook and set the resolution to
> > 1028/768 but still get a resolution that I can't read. By the way the
> > mouse does work in Red Hat 9.
> >
> > Would appreciate any help I can get. Since the installed Red Hat 9 is
> > un readable I can't make any changes to the monitor resolution.
> >
> > My Mac is a Firewire 800 dual processor 1.25 dp with a Mac 20" flat
> > panel monitor.
> >
> > Marv Weide
> > weide@xxxxxxxx
>
> I believe MS VPC can only support 16bit colours and cannot support
> 24bit colours for most Linux distribution including Red Hat Linux.
>
>
.

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