ATI Mobility M7 Dell Inspiron 5100

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Dday : 10/02/04 04:14 PM : Incident created -   How can I get my video installed? It is a Dell Inspiron 5100 Laptop with ATI Mobility M7. It was not auto configured during install.
thinkliberty : 11/02/04 02:58 AM : Reply received -   To get Xwindows working login with your user name and password then at the prompt type su (it will ask for your root password) drakconf go through the section under display. your video card will either be ati or radeon your laptop screen will be under generic lcd with the size and resolution that your display supports. The following entries are Mandriva Expert standard texts, added to the expert's comments: [ about ]  Please run the following commands, and include their output in your reply. This will enable us more easily to handle your video-related problem: lspci lspcidrake chkconfig --list xfs rpm -q XFree86
Dday : 03/03/04 12:40 AM : More info provided -   I upgrades my BIOS, reloaded Mandrake, video works now.
Dday : 03/03/04 12:41 AM : Incident closed -

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