Thanks Richard.

I changed the graphics card to 3D Rage Pro and it seems to work fine
with the new kernel
2.2.6 on Slackware 4.0. I might have had a the wrong drivers but kde
loads up fine.

Another problem I faced was with the PS2 mouse..it refused to show up
by auto detection

/dev/mouse

so I changed it to
/dev/psaux

and it seems to be detected fine now. However its still displays some
ad hoc behaviour..I suspect
an irq conflict of some sort?

The Xfree86Config file reads

Section "Pointer"
Protocol "ps/2"
Device "/dev/psaux"
Emulate3Buttons
Emulate3Timeout 50
EndSection

Appreciate your help.

thanks,
Cartik

On Dec 14, 7:59 am, Richard James <IWillGetOne@here> wrote:
> cartik.sha...@gmail.com wrote:
> > Hello,
>
> > This is with regards an installation of Slackware 4.0.
>
> > I'm trying to install X on slackware 4.0 and it seems like the X
> > server crashes.
> > The graphics card is 3D Rage XL (on board) from ATI.
>
> > I've tried setting the XF86config file with the following settings:
> > 1. SVGA and VGA settings for X server setup.
> > 2. ATI Rage II Mach64 settings for the video card.
>
> > X server crashes with the message, invalid mode setting.
>
> > Please let me know if anyone has tried slack 4.0 with rage XL or
> > rage pro graphics cards.
>
> I think I used one of these cards back in the 90's or was it a Diamond
>
> Can you please post your XF86Config file and your XFree86.0.log file
>
> And what are the specs for your monitor (horizontal and vertical refresh
> rates in Hertz)
>
> Slackware 4.0 used XFree86 3.3.3.1
>
> Slackware 9.0 used XFree-4.3.0
> you might find this later version of XFree has better support for your card.
>
> Since version 10.0 Slackware has used Xorg instead of XFree
> although Xorg is easier to use than XFree AFAIK it doesn't always do the
> best for older cards like the one you have.
>
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