just installed redhat 7.1 on my compaq deskpro 575 and i installed x windows and gnome but i can't get x configurator to work properly and also when i start i select unlisted card i then select for which mode i need svga then it says invalide mouse configuration do you want to create a new mouse config if you press cancel you are at the prompt and if you press ok it leaves you at the prompt

The following is an excerpt from http://www.oclug.on.ca/pipermail/oclug/2002-December/026531.html Howard Krakower oclug@lists.oclug.on.ca Thu, 19 Dec 2002 11:57:10 -0500 "Compaq had specially adapted BIOS chips which limited the amount of user change. For a number of years they had the BIOS and bios-utilities set up on the hard drive in a small partition. This partition is accessible on boot up by tapping on <F10>. Each Compaq product came with a quick restore cd (the famous QR cd) which was used, typically, when the hard drive was replaced to restore the full functionality of the system, including all the preloaded software. The method you have to use to do this is to fdisk the drive, removing all partition information and then run the QR cd. You can purchase the QR cd from Compaq (now HP) for $10 (at least that was what we were quoting last year when I was doing tech support for them). After you have done the QR, then run fdisk - but DO NOT REMOVE the 15 Mb partition, just remove the DOS partition. Then you should be able to install Linux. I would suggest, if you are going the RedHat route which I have had some experience with, to use RH7.3 or RH8. Then run the up2date to get the system current."