it isn't just the ati mach cards, got an old sis 6326 with 8mb and only xfree 3.x runs it properly ( can get the xterm even with 4.x installed, just down to 256 colors )
Stew Benedict wrote: >On Sat, 21 Sep 2002, rcc wrote: > >>>I will test RC3 tonight, but previous releases (RC1 and RC2) and also >>>LM 8.2 had broken Xfree86 4.2 with a ATI Mach64 VT. No matter what > >>>resolution and color depth I choose, the result is a black screen > >>>without image in the installation phase; also X refuse to start at > >>>all. These Mandrake revisions work with Xfree 3.3, but previously the >>>server had Mandrake 8.1 with XFree 4.1 and it worked without problem. >>>Also RedHat Null worked without problem and using XFree 4.2 (the only >>>one included with it if I'm right). I do not post the error earlier > >>>since I tried to reinstall the server two days ago. >>> >>that problem has been around since 8.2. None of my older ATIs work with >>LM's X4.2. I reverted back to the drivers from 4.1 that came with LM8.1. >>My cards are Mach64 CT and VT both 2MB. When X starts the screen just >>goes black. However, X is starting without errors, you can eventually >>hear the KDE startup sound. >> >>Thing is, there were ati_old drivers with 8.2, I just couldn't make them >>work. I needed to get the two machines working so I just made an rpm >>that replaces these drivers with the ones from 8.1. I still use this rpm >>with 9.0. >> >>I can't tell how severe this problem is as it was only few times >>reported over at aolm. And it doesn't seem to affect all Mach64 cards. >>If you don't want to hassle with older X4 drivers you can still use X3's >>Mach64 server. >> > >Must not be all Mach64VT's: > >[root@larry root]# lspcidrake | grep ATI >Card:ATI Mach64 VT (264VT): ATI|264VT [Mach64 VT] > >I used expert install, and manually selected 1024x768@16bpp. >X works fine. (RC2) > >I have had problems in the past though with this card with several >distributions. > >Stew Benedict > > > >
