X Server does not work on RedHat 9 with more than 256 colors for Intel 865

[S Streif]

Quoting Bikram Assal <bikram.assal at wku.edu>:

> I m running RedHat 9 on Dell GX270 with an inbuilt analog video card. DELL
> 1800FP is the monitor with video card of type Intel 865.
> 
> Video Card Type = Intel 865
> Memory = 32 MB
> Driver = i810
> 
> I can only setup the resolution of 1024 X 768 with color depth of 256
> colors.
> 
> If I try to use more than 256 colors, X server won't start.

Hello Bikram, 
Check out this page: 
http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/showthread.php?s=&threadid=118623&perpage=15&pagenumber=2

There seems to be a problem with the BIOS version. There also exists a patch to
fix this problem (cf. http://www.chzsoft.com.ar/855patch.html ).

Good luck,
Stefan