> I used a HD 4650 with AGP, 1GB VRAM. It required a 6-pin l PCIe power > connection, which clearly doesn't exist in a ZX6000, so I hacked together a > separate 80W AC/DC adapter and tied the grounds to the built-in PSU. Not > recommended for the faint of heart. Surprisingly, it works without burning > out my entire system. :)
Wow! > The EFI BIOS would natively start up the graphics card, much to my surprise. > Linux ran on it and recognized it as an r600 family card. Unfortunately, the > kernel is a bit borked and the initramfs-tools package is as well, so > booting using newer kernels is a bit of a task. X started, but due the > unpatched kernel (see debian mailing list about ia64 "futex") it just showed > cursor and some garbled background. I could move the cursor, etc. but X had > no programs running. Console mode works though. Upstream futex patch is targeted to be included in Debian kernel images 3.2.16-1. I'm however surprised that the futex issue affects X as you described. In my experience, X cursor only and garbled background were caused by GNOME 3 defaulting to GnomeShell rather than Classic desktop. Switching to Classic in the GDM banner fixed the problem for me. > Both issues are fixed if you apply patches yourself, but I don't think > they've been merged upstream and turned into packages in "testing" yet. For > now though, it works well enough with the promise of GL 3.x support soon. > Doom3 just got open sourced, right? ;) Yes. But being ported to Linux IA-64 is another story... In the meantime, have a look at good old Quake 3: ioQuake3-based packages are available in Debian Testing contrib repository right now. Quake 2 packages used to be available in the Sarge era. They still might work with the proper installation of various compatibility libraries. Emeric -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-ia64-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/CAA9xbM5cXbNhuhMdf=xyw0+_eurup1qbmma6zrvj70+bsns...@mail.gmail.com