Using the graphical GNOME Workstation install as a test(1-3 times) I tried to allow the autoprobed video config to be installed, but it doesn't use it apparently. Or it doens't work. I had this working in 6.0 with LCD 1024x768 beautifully, but that also has problems now! 800x600 is hideous, what else can I try, are there other options/fixes that have LCD 1024x768 the way it was in 6.0? It did work...
Although the installer autodetects the Neomagic chipset and its Video Memory accurately enough, (presumably because it is supported with drivers???) Neomagic is not in the Manual selection list. ---also--- When you press the test button it either fails miserably(all black), or it is testing the first Entry in the Manual seletion list.
As an additonal note: I am using the Dell SVGA selection with success in the meantime if this helps anyone. This is not specifically Neomagic or even LCD. This seems to work better than any of the LCD selections.... Regards, John
The Neomagic chip I looked at (Neomagic Corporation NM2160 [MagicGraph 128XD]) works with 6.2 ... is this possibly the same card you had troubles with...? Here is our list of supported NeoMagic Cards (see 10.24 section "Neomagic" in http://www.redhat.com/support/hardware/intel/62/rh6.2-hcl-i.ld-10.html):
Yes, the video card/chip is the NeoMagic 2160 with2 MB of video Ram --I have not yet upgraded to the latest version since I had a work-around. If someone doesn't beat me to it--I'll post my results with the dell inspiron when I do. This sounds like good news to me!