On 31-Dec-98 Jeff Buckey wrote:
> OK, I just bought a new computer with a new ATI Charger vid card.
> It's AGP with 4meg of videoRAM, but I can't seem to get RedHat 5.2 to
> see it. I have run Xconfigurator and set up the vid card as a Mach-64
> compatible RageII card, (my mointor's not listed so I picked the
> closest one to it) but when I start X I get an error message. It says
> something like "Card found but not enough memory to support this
> resolution...". I've tried running in 8bit 640X480 mode but still no
> luck. I can run the standard VGA XServer fine but not the mach64
> server.
>
> Any ideas? should I return the card and get another?
>
> Thanks,
> Jeff
>
Yes you should return the card and get another one. X is not real good at
working with AGP cards.
The only X distribution that I know of that worked with AGP cards is MetroX and
it cost $.
I recommend that you get a card with a S3 chip they seem to be the most heavily
supported.
