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I suggest using Ubuntu or PCLinux OS instead of what you’re using. Some Linux distributions do not support certain types of video cards and in your case your card isn’t supported it seems, or needs to be set up manually and it’s a pain to do that.

Edit file: /etc/X11/xorg.conf in console mode, but like I said man it’s a little more complicated than you think, you have to know what certain type of card you have, ports, etc. and do it all manually. It might make it worse if you’ve never done it before or have no idea what all you need to put in. I suggest going to www.ubuntu.com and downloading Ubuntu 32 or 64 bit depending on which one you can use and burning the .iso file to a cd and installing it in your cd/dvd drive. Ubuntu has live interface which makes it very easy to go about installing it.

PAY!? Wow…. I would never pay for linux… is Linux XP some sort of Linux/XP duo operating system, because I’ve never heard of it. Ubuntu is just linux, you can run (some) windows applications with Wine, but not many, as such with other linux distro’s as well. Ubuntu is free yes. Just download it, burn .iso to cd or dvd, then restart your computer and install it (make sure your cd/dvd rom drive is first boot drive) and then enjoy as you have a graphical interface to install it. If Linux XP is linux and xp put together and that’s the reason you bought it then I’d contact them personally and have them help you through getting your video card set up. I’ve never used that distro personally so I’d have no idea what “exactly” to do to get it to work. The company would be the best idea, unless you want to use Ubuntu, which I think is a great linux distro.

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Have you tried the Red Hat support group? I haven’t used it for a few years but, I never had any problems installing it.

hiro wrote:
PAY!? Wow…. I would never pay for linux… is Linux XP some sort of Linux/XP duo operating system, because I’ve never heard of it. Ubuntu is just linux, you can run (some) windows applications with Wine, but not many, as such with other linux distro’s as well. Ubuntu is free yes. Just download it, burn .iso to cd or dvd, then restart your computer and install it (make sure your cd/dvd rom drive is first boot drive) and then enjoy as you have a graphical interface to install it. If Linux XP is linux and xp put together and that’s the reason you bought it then I’d contact them personally and have them help you through getting your video card set up. I’ve never used that distro personally so I’d have no idea what “exactly” to do to get it to work. The company would be the best idea, unless you want to use Ubuntu, which I think is a great linux distro.

Yeah… Linux is supposed to be open-source. That’s one of the main ideas behind it- free and open-source.

Linux is a fine operating system. I created a couple of small Linux systems to archive programs that were created on our larger Unix systems. If you have any Unix experience you can pick Linux up easily, if not be sure to pick-up a manual. A lot depends on what you want to use this system for. If you just want to goof around, surf the web, it will do just fine. If you intend to use it for business the Linux file system is a little antiquated. Plan on using a database program set, that ports to Linux. Also check any 3rd party software you intend to use and verify it also has been ported to Linux. Usually any programs written in C or Perl can be compiled to run on Linux. If you intend to network it with a computer with a different operation system it can get a little complicated.