graphics failure...

[Wolfgang Gill]

On Tue, 20 Jul 2004 17:50:30 -0700 (PDT), Iron Golem wrote
> Please tell me I'm not the only one having a problem
> with linux on a Tyan Tiger MPX S2466.  I had an old
> 2460 (MP) and it burned out so I opted for the 2466 in
> the hopes of putting a couple of 2800+'s in it.  Long
> story short...
> 
> Whenever fedoracore (1 or 2) fires up the graphics
> card, it locks or reboots the system.  No kernel panic
> no seg fault, just strait halts the system.  I've
> tried it with 3 different graphics cards and 2
> different powersupplies.  I figured it had to be the
> board, however, the system works flawlessly in windows
> xp.  (bleh)  I dont know what to do, I cant find
> anything about it anywhere.
> 
> Thanks,
> Matt

What graphics cards have you tried?? Also have you updated to the lastest
BIOS, as this board does't support MP2800's out of the box. (I have three of
these boards, and they run VERY well. I've run RH8.0, RH9, FC1, RHEL3 without
any problems what so ever.) On my systems I just run Nvidia GF3's.

Wolf
--
Open WebMail Project (http://openwebmail.org)