# The Answer Gang 65: Installing RedHat 7.0 and a driver for the Chipset Cirrus CL-GD5436

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### Installing RedHat 7.0 and a driver for the Chipset Cirrus CL-GD5436

Answer By Wilf

> Hello and Good'ay,

> Installing RedHat 7.0 was nothing special though programmes seem to run a bit faster than under RedHat 6.0... but:

> > Althoug RH 7.0 does recognize the graphics chipset Cirrus CL-GD5436 (on a Compaq Deskpro 2000) it does not provide the correct driver as RH 6.0 does (though after a long and despairing search I found the information that the driver was no longer included in "XF86_SVGA-3.3.6-33.rpm" shipped with RH 7.0). The mouse pointer under X (I use WindowMaker) was displayed as a barrecode found on products, windows overlapped and were redrawn in a rather chaotical and randomly manner. Other Window Managers (KDE or GNOME) did not display it any better.

> Falling back to RH 6.0 or coping with this particular problem? I did both, but used some (perhaps not necessary force) to install RH 7.0 all the same.

> I first installed RH 7.0 and configured graphics display with default values. After installing and BEFORE calling up a graphical display with "startx" I force-installed the driver from RH 6.0 with:

> > `rpm -i XF86_SVGA-3.3.3.1-49.rpm --force`

> and -much to my delight and would ya believe it, matey?- all possible mode of graphical displays (640x480, 800x600 and 1024x768, all 16bits colour) now work as expected: very good indeed!

> In the event that this procedure could have been done otherwise, I'd appreciate a comment.

> Yours Linuxely,

> Wilf

> P.S. I take it that section "2 cent tips" rather means "2 US &cent; Tips" or are you talking EURO &cent;? Mind you, it's just a thought ...

> [Heather] Well, the usage comes from an idiom for "putting in our two cents worth" -- cheerfully offered advice, not always wanted, sometimes useful. So, if you have a local idiom that expresses the same concept but uses a different chunk of change, then you know the exchange rate Our friends in the UK can surely use Tuppence Tips.

> Forcing the old series rpm into place in this fashion is just the right thing here. You should be safely able to apply X parts from 6.2 ... XFree86-3.3.6-20.i386.rpm ... as an upgrade (`-U`) to the 3.3.3 you successfully installed, if you like.

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