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Master of Reality:
i just got a new computer(just the box with some stuff in it.) not a new monitor.
Its got an onboard video, sound, and ethernet card. Kudzu picked up on the ethernet, new USB ports, sound (maybe), but not the new onboard video. When it logs into linux and tries to start the graphical login, the screen just keeps blnking. How should i go about fixing and gettting into the command line to fix it?
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YAY! i got me a faster comp.!
its a:
MSI SiS board
128MB SDRAM
64 MB onboard video
3d surround sound card onboard
onboard 10/100 ethernet card
no new HD or monitor.
ts only gonna cost me $300

voidmain:
Well you didn't say what OS you installed on it. I'll assume you put RedHat 7.2 on it like your other machine. This usually means your system has started up in runlevel 5 (Graphical Login) and your Xwindows is not configured properly.  X dies, then tries to restart, then dies etc.. When this has happened to me in the new RedHat 7.2 it has detected that X could not start and backed itself out into runlevel 3 so I could fix it. If you are running a different distro or an older RedHat it may just continue to be stuck in this loop.  

To fix it, boot up your Linux in single user mode (type "linux single" at the LILO prompt). Once in with a root shell edit the /etc/inittab file and change the initdefault from 5 to 3. Save and exit, then reboot. This should bring you up to a normal non-graphical login prompt. Fix your /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 with Xconfigurator. Make sure X works by starting it with "startx". Once you have it working you can change the "initdefault" back to 5 in the /etc/inittab file.

If you determine that onboard video chipset is some off brand and will not work with Linux then you may have to disable it and install a supported card.

voidmain:
Uhhhh, I don't think so.

Master of Reality:
ya, red hat 7.2 backed off and went to the command line, i ran x configurator. My onboard video card is not listed there. However, there is the older version of my onboard video card, which makes me think that the manufacturers website might have the linux drivers for the new card.

Master of Reality:
i need to get the drivers for the SiS 650 chipset.

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