Is it "plug-n-play" monitors, or not? Did I do it right?

[boombaby]

Hello, All...

For your notice...

http://forum.fedoraforum.org/showthread.php?t=309818
http://antix.freeforums.org/install-pro ... t6339.html
http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions ... ost5540812

If I have done it the wrong way in Mageia-5 (ie just plug in a new one) then your technical guidance to get it absolutely right would be appreciated.


Regards,
aka boombaby

[doktor5000]

What is your actual question, what problem do you have related to Mageia, and what did you configure in drakx11?

Please also show the output of

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lspcidrake -v | grep VGA
cat /var/log/Xorg.0.log

[boombaby]

Hello, Mageia...

No; Doktor5000, breathe easy.

Well, congratulations! Mageia-5 has not stopped - even after my monitor died, and I had to replace it. To me that's a great system - especially for Pnewbies [ie "Post-Newbie"; silent "n"; copyright waived] like ME!

In the previous post I included links to other places showing you the trouble I had with other distros. "Trouble-with-Linux" is exactly why I have been trying to ensure that I have several working replacements when things go wrong. Consider this:- distros become defunct; techos/programmers transfer elsewhere; no drivers; funny "glitches"; package-install problems; "bug-fixes" stay "bug-reports"; and other frustrating stuff can make it (Linux) a real problem for people who just want to get work/things done.

In this regard, so far, [B]MAGEIA-5 has been utterly BRILLIANT! Even on my system - which you might recall is "different" - Mageia-5 has not missed a beat, and been truly REMARKABLE!

Now; I have to tell you that, while trying to recover one of the "lost distros" described in the links (ie for ANTIX Linux on XFCE), I discovered they have a "sisimedia" driver sitting in their Modules directory. To my great surprise and amazement it works with my SiS-6326 graphics card! (Funny that no-one there said so when asked.) Anyway it works. My resolution now goes right up to 1600x1200 (and is even so "fine" that I have had to drop down a few steps).

(That description was only to wrap-up the story there.)

I'm not sure what you (Mageia) have in the pipeline for 32-bit systems, longevity, and driver support (which would allow me to keep my current system rocking along) but I hope it is, at least, as good as this one now. Still happy.


Actually, I really want to know the proper procedure if a monitor goes "pop". With Mageia, I just plugged-in a replacement and it worked. Is that the right thing to do? Do I need to modify any file or change a setting?


Regards,
aka boombaby

[doktor5000]

Actually, I really want to know the proper procedure if a monitor goes "pop". With Mageia, I just plugged-in a replacement and it worked. Is that the right thing to do? Do I need to modify any file or change a setting?

Depends on what you configured initially. Usually you just plug the new one and be done with it.

[benmc]

If, during setup, you specified the monitor, card and resolution, yes there may be problems if you change it.

If you set it to "plug + play", as Doktor5000 says, it should just go