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voidmain:
Wait, I thought I said to check it with "startx" first before setting it to default to the graphical login. I also didn't realize this was a laptop you are working with, maybe you mentioned it previously and I missed it. What exact make/model is your laptop and do you know what graphics chip is in it? Don't worry about the graphics chip, I can find out by checking the model number.

Matto:
Sorry, I really had no control over it. It brought up a blue screen with scrambled up text. I just pressed enter and it took me directly onto the setup screen.

As for the laptop its a SHARP PC-GP10-CM (I hope that's right)

I *think* that the graphics chip is an S3 Graphics Twister K + S3 Hotkey (as I read it off the device manager)

If that second bit isn't correct, the laptop is also a 1.1GHZ, 20GB HD, 256 RAM, with a AMD Athlon 4 processor.


Thanks again.

voidmain:
Boy this was a good one. I was about to give up hope when I discovered this page:

http://bongolia.org/linux/mitac7321.php

It says that the Twister K chipset is not detected at intall time but it is another name for the "S3 Savage 4" chipset. I would run the X configuration again and select the "S3 Savage 4" chipset/card manually.

Now the easiest way for someone new to do this would be to start the installation program over (since you haven't really done anything on the system yet, nothing has to be backed up). But you may be brave and play with the "xf86config" commands (wouldn't hurt to play with it prior to trying the install again).

Matto:
Thanks mate, it's really appreciated. I reckon I'll re-install the whole thing.

I owe you one.

Thanks

Matt.

voidmain:
Well, you will only owe me one if it actually works.  

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