I downloaded and burned Fedora Core 1. The install went smoothly and looks pretty much like RH 9 with a few exceptions (doesn't seem to show as much detail when installing the packages, not as much time info if memory serves). Fedora didn't configure the video adapter correctly - I had to correct the driver - it chose a similar driver - and insisted on only doing 800 x 600 (instead of the 1024 x 768 that RH 9 made available). The redhat-config-x86free (?) would NOT let me configure the driver reliably. It did once, but since then clicking on configure for the adapter does nothing (I can still configure the monitor). I've resorted to manually adjusting the XF86Config file - I've finally achieved 1024 x 768 but I'm not sure now what I've done (I tried so may things without success). I've noticed that there is a Screen Resolution applet under Preferences. It insisted on 800 x 600 no matter that the video adapter was set at 1024 x 768 (it only gave me two choices: 800 x 600 and 640 x 480. Thinking back, I think the problem may have been connected to specifying too many colors (millions) and when I set this lower I was able to get 1024 x 768 again.
Also, when I logout, an applet crashes (mixer_applet2, seg fault).
Isn't Fedora an upgrade from RH 9? I was surprised at the problems in setting and modifying Xwindows and the config program not working reliably. (After working once to configure the video adapter, it refuses to allow any changes). When it did allow configuration, there was no ability to do a probe.
On the plus side, at least Fedora works on such old equipment and it's not too slow to be useful. In most respects it looks and runs just like RH 9.
Rick B.
