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Graphics are grainy? new driver?
Name: Birkholz Date: September 12, 2002 at 18:45:23 Pacific OS: Red Hat 7.2 CPU/Ram: AMD Athalon, 256 megs RAM
Comment:
Hey there- I just installed Red Hat 7.2 and knowing nothing about linux. My graphics are all grainy and just shotty looking. I have an 8 meg built in video adapter. Any ideas. Do I just need to upgrade the video driver... if so how? Thanks for help-- BILL
Name: Earl Gibbs Date: September 13, 2002 at 23:26:08 Pacific
Reply:
You might try running Xconfigurator and selecting a Generic monitor. I used Generic Non-Interleced SVGA, 1024 x 768 @ 60 Hz, 800 x 600 @ 72 Hz -- and then selected 800 x 600 with 16 bit color.
RH has a program called SuperProbe that will give you information about your video card.
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