A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far way, someone said... > > I've got an AOpen PT75 II card that I tried to set up under X. It has an > 86C385 chip on it. I tried S3V, SVGA and VGA16 servers, I tried > autoprobing it, specifying the chipset, calling it a generic VGA, etc. In > almost all cases, X windows worked fine, but when I came out of X windows > to a console, the text on the console was scrambled and stayed that way. I > had to type "blind" in order to shut down the machine as the console > wouldn't echo properly, and that was the only way the console would fix. > Only if I showed it as a generic VGA with under the VGA_16 server would it > sorta work. > > It appears as though if the system finds out what kind of card this really > is, the card thrashes video memory. Only if I run it at its lowest > capability does it mostly work (in this case, the X screen bulges outward > at the sides. > > This is a fairly common card. I finally replaced it with an older Diamond > Stealth 3D 2000. But surely someone has had success setting it up?
There is nothing wrong with what you're doing with that video card; I have have two myself, and have the same problem. I haven't found a workaround. -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Phil Brutsche [EMAIL PROTECTED] "There are two things that are infinite; Human stupidity and the universe. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein