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The system was running successfully for some time on Mandriva 2011.0 with the same hardware.
lspci for my video device reports:
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05:00.0 VGA compatible controller: S3 Graphics Ltd. 86c375 [ViRGE/DX] or 86c385 [ViRGE/GX] (rev 01) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
Subsystem: S3 Graphics Ltd. ViRGE/DX
Flags: medium devsel, IRQ 16
Memory at f4000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=64M]
Expansion ROM at 000c0000 [disabled] [size=128K]
Kernel modules: s3fb
As I said, this graphics card and monitor were both working under Mandriva 2011.0, so I assumed they would work under Mageia.
I tried the nowayland and noxorgconf options in grub (together and separately) as described in https://wiki.mageia.org/en/Mageia_7_Err ... g_graphics.
I tried using drakx11 to change my display driver to a generic XOrg VESA. I used # chvt 2 and # startx to try different combinations, so I could return to the console (vt1) using <Ctrl>-<Alt>-<F5> and rebooted after changes using drakx11. I believe this is where I saw the Segmentation Fault, but I don't recall what specific options I was using. I was not very systematic about the combinations and options I used, but I can repeat and provide output if it is useful.
The system is working for its most basic backup function, but everything would be easier with the display manager working.
Any help would be appreciated. Let me know what you need me to provide.
Thanks
Phil