On Wed, May 26, 2004 at 09:30:13PM +0200, Steffen Hein wrote: > I successfully updated the firmware to v6.1 but my problem was mainly a > internal gfx-card vs. external gfx-card issue. I removed the FX2-card and > successfully installed a woody system (dist-upgraded to Sarge afterwards).
ah ok - thanks for the update. > Now I want to ask if it's possible to use a 16bit graphics mode using the > builtin gfx-card (I only got 8bit to work). That would be enough for a > basic desktop. Depends on the gfx card - but not likely on the B180. > Or would it be possible to use a "normal" PCI-card for graphics? Search for "voodoo2" on http://lists.parisc-linux.org > On parisc-linux.org I saw that Matrox and Voodoo-Cards are supported - I > have some Matrox Millenium II and Voodoo2-cards lying around here (from the > x86-world) - can I use them or do I need special boards which are designed > for the HPPA hardware? There are no HPPA special boards for either of those. grant
