Monitor 'refresh' problem

[John]

Well I did the "yum update" and it took forever, but it did it. I noticed
it did some xorg-xll. Unfortunately my monitor and card still isn't in the
options, and the problem is still happening.

Any other ideas?

John

> On Sun, 6 Mar 2005 17:45:51 -0500 (EST)
> "John" <John at TheLysts.com> wrote:
>
>> > On Saturday 05 March 2005 18:47, John wrote:
>> >> . I moved my mouse over the page and some of the elements
>> >> appeared (text, etc).
>> >
>> >>
>> >> My monitor is: Samtrong 56e/56v
>> >> My graphics card is: Intel 82810-DC 100
>> >
>> > Boot into init level 3 and update your computer's software:
>> >
>> > "yum update"
>> >
>> > The original distribution's xorg-xll utilities didn't get along with
>> > this graphics processor very well.
>> >
>> > Regards, Mike Klinke
>> >
>>
>> Thanks a lot for the help. Unfortunately I don't know how to "boot into
>> init level 3" means. (I tried a variety of ways but none of them worked.
>> Unfortunately a google search came up blank). Could you tell me how to
>> boot into init level 3 (or provide a link that tells me).
>>
>> I'm assuming once I'm in init level 3 all I do is type "yum update",
>> something is automatically downloaded and installed, and then I just
>> restart the computer. Is there anything else I should do after that?
>>
>> Thanks again
>> John
>>
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>
> To enter level 3 type init 3 in a terminal. If you are in X windows you
> can
> enter control-alt-F1 to get to a console where you can log in. You will be
> in level 3 also.
>
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