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1. While installing Red Hat Linux 7.3, select the " S3 Savage
(generic)" or " S3 Savage4 (generic)" in the X configuration
and change the " Video Card Ram" to the value set in BIOS. We
recommend allocating at least 8 MB memory for the frame buffer.
2. After finishing the packages installation, select monitor type in
Monitor Configuration. If your monitor does not appear on the list,
select the " Generic" and modify the horizontal and vertical
range according to your monitor specification.
3. Next, you can test your configuration in the " Custom Configu-
ration" . Click " Test Setting" to try out your configuration. If
you cannot see anything, you might change the " Color Depth"
or " Screen Resolution" . You can also choose whether you want
to boot your system in text or graphics mode.
4. After you finish the installation, restart the system. Next time you
will login with X-window if you choose " Graphical" during
installation. Or you will be presented with a command prompt. Then
you can also type " startx" to enter X-window.
5. Modify the display mode by the following steps:
(a) Type " cd /etc/X11/" to change to this directory.
(b) Type " vi XF86Config-4" and edit the configuration file. The
Screen section shown next page combines a video card and monitor
with the video modes to be used by a specific X-server. Modify the
value of " Modes" under the " Display" subsection to
" 1024x768" or " 640x480" if you want to set the screen
resolution to " 1024x768" or " 640x480" , respectively. Modify
the value both of " DefaultDepth" and " Depth" from 24 to 8
or 16 if you want to change the color depth to 8 or 16 bits, respec-
tively.
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