[ltp] 570<->600X

[peter hiltz]

On Mon, 01 May 2000, you wrote:
> I have a 600X, and I had no trouble with the CD-ROM, but I had a lot of
> trouble with the video when I tried installing RedHat 6.2. It showed only
> the upper left quadrant of the video output, so none of the "Next" buttons
> were visible. Once installed, same problem: X-Windows never worked right.
> 
> I recently upgraded the BIOS from ITET44W to ITET45W, but since then have
> not tried reinstalling RedHat again, but am using Windows 2000 (ugh).
> 
> So I have two questions: Does this BIOS upgrade fix the video memory
> reporting?  Is there a 256ZX video driver in the 6.2 distribution, or do I
> need an upgrade to Xfree86?
> 
> Also, I noticed that resuming from a suspend does not restart the network
> card (Cardbus 3C575); I have to reboot. Is this only a W2K problem?
> 
> Thanks in advance,
> Jim
> 
> 

Using XF86Setup, tell it that you have a NM2200 chipset with 4 meg of ram. 
That should take care of it.  At least it did for my SuSE 6.4 system and a test
install of Mandrake 7.02.

Peter Hiltz
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