[NTLUG:Discuss] Red Hat 6.1 and video card suggestions

[Kevin Brannen]

root wrote:
> 
> I just installed Red Hat 6.1.  Everything seems fine except .......
> 
> In X. some applications, and any terminal windows I open are having
> problems displaying video properly.  Most of the other apps work very
> well.
> 
> In xterm, the entire window is the same color as the text.  You cannot
> see the text no matter how you configure the colors.
> 
> In some apps, the the areas where a bar graph would be are displayed with
> a black bar instead.  And some buttons of some apps display a black bar
> where the text would be.
> 
> I'm tired of dealing with this video card.  It never seems to work right
> no matter what Xserver I use. I'm just gonna buy another one.

Uh, what card is it?

What server are you using?  And what depth (in bit planes) are you
using?

Are you sure you're not running out of color cells in your color map? 
(Try using "xcmap" to see what you're using.  If you are NOT using them
all, some of the cells at the bottom should be black upon start up.)

What happens if you force an xterm's colors with "xterm -fg white -bg
black"?  (Put that in your .xinitrc)  (*All* X servers should always
have those 2 colors.)  If this fails too, then I would suspect hardware
or a severe configuration problem.  If this works, then it's definitely
just configuration, not hardware, IMHO.

> 
> Does anyone have any suggestions for a well supported, reasonably priced
> board?
> 
> By reasonably priced I mean around $50.00, give or take a few.  Is there
> such a device?

My ATI XPression+ board (PCI, w/ 4M, a Mach 64 chip) does quite well,
and is in that price range last I looked.  And I am assuming they're
still made since it's been a few months since I looked. :-)

HTH,
Kevin