I haven't looked at the PMCIA how to yet, so I'm not sure what I'm supposed to do yet.
If its a lot different, I can see righting something up. >From what I hear X supports NeoMagic well just not in the version with debian 2.1. I guess I'll get pcmica and net set up so I can upgade to slinkv2. Then I'll see how hard it is. On Mon, 13 Sep 1999, Cory L Hubert wrote: > I have the same Neomagic Video Card on my Laptop. We could probably > help > each other out. I got far in detecting my PCMCIA network card though. It > detected it. Now I just got a noticed saying I have to configure it. I am > using DHCP. > Since we are having similar problems, we could probably help each other > out. Then write a Howto or FAQ when we are done. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Clint A. Brubakken [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, September 13, 1999 11:41 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: X on NeoMagic > > > I just got a Gateway 2500 se, which comes with a NeoMagic MagicGraph > 128XD. > > I saw that X supports this but the version that comes with 2.1 doesn't. > > I need to things. First how to just upgrade X. (I don't want to go over to > potato if I can avoid it), or how to replace it with a new version I > compile my self. > > Second How to figure how much Video Ram it has (It still has Win 98 on it, > so I can play games on the road), which I assume I need, as every other > time I set up X it needed it. > > Super Probe says its a: > Chipset: Yamaha 6388 VDPC (Port Porbed) > RAMDAC: Generic 8-bit pseudo-color DAC > (with 6-bit wide lookup tables (or in 6 bit mode)) > > After That I'll work on getting pcmcia, and ethernet to work > > > > -- > Clint Brubakken > Developer, Computer Science Services Group, LLC > Co-Dictator-for-Life Air Capital Linux Users Group > Wichita, KS > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > --- > G: All right sir. See the little box with the row of lights on the front? > We'll call that the wiggly-diggly. > Cu: Uh-huh. > G: When the lights on the wiggly-diggly flash rapidly, click on the > thingamajig, and your doodlybum should open. Voila! You're connected. > Cu: Okay ... yeah, I think I got it. Thanks! > Ch: Say Greg? > G: Yeah Chief? > Ch: Don't you think that call was a little ... ohh ... precedent setting? > G: If you're trying to terrify me, it's too damn late. > -- Greg, Customer and The Chief > User Friendly, 6/14/1998 > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Clint Brubakken Developer, Computer Science Services Group, LLC Dictator-for-Life Air Capital Linux Users Group Wichita, KS [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- G: All right sir. See the little box with the row of lights on the front? We'll call that the wiggly-diggly. Cu: Uh-huh. G: When the lights on the wiggly-diggly flash rapidly, click on the thingamajig, and your doodlybum should open. Voila! You're connected. Cu: Okay ... yeah, I think I got it. Thanks! Ch: Say Greg? G: Yeah Chief? Ch: Don't you think that call was a little ... ohh ... precedent setting? G: If you're trying to terrify me, it's too damn late. -- Greg, Customer and The Chief User Friendly, 6/14/1998
