On Tuesday 06 July 2010, John Dunn wrote:
>Hi Kent, I have swapped the ATI graphics card for an Nvidia Riva TNT2 card
>and EMC2 is now working. When I run glxgears the picture quality is poor
>and the frames per second is much lower but at least it is working.
>
>You mentioned using the Vesa driver for the ATI card could you explain how
>to do that bearing in mind that my Linux experience is very low. TIA John
>Dunn
>
You might, in later versions of X, have to generate an /etc/X11/xorg.conf
file that describes it thusly, but this is from a 6.06 install: Yeah, I
know, I need to update...
=====================================================
Section "Files"
FontPath "/usr/share/X11/fonts/misc"
FontPath "/usr/share/X11/fonts/cyrillic"
FontPath "/usr/share/X11/fonts/100dpi/:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/share/X11/fonts/75dpi/:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/share/X11/fonts/Type1"
FontPath "/usr/share/X11/fonts/100dpi"
FontPath "/usr/share/X11/fonts/75dpi"
# path to defoma fonts
FontPath "/var/lib/defoma/x-ttcidfont-conf.d/dirs/TrueType"
EndSection
Section "Module"
Load "bitmap"
Load "dbe"
Load "ddc"
Load "dri"
Load "extmod"
Load "freetype"
Load "glx"
Load "int10"
Load "type1"
Load "vbe"
EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Generic Keyboard"
Driver "kbd"
Option "CoreKeyboard"
Option "XkbRules" "xorg"
Option "XkbModel" "pc104"
Option "XkbLayout" "us"
EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Configured Mouse"
Driver "mouse"
Option "CorePointer"
Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
Option "Protocol" "ExplorerPS/2"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
Driver "wacom"
Identifier "stylus"
Option "Device" "/dev/wacom" # Change to
# /dev/input/event
# for USB
Option "Type" "stylus"
Option "ForceDevice" "ISDV4" # Tablet PC ONLY
EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
Driver "wacom"
Identifier "eraser"
Option "Device" "/dev/wacom" # Change to
# /dev/input/event
# for USB
Option "Type" "eraser"
Option "ForceDevice" "ISDV4" # Tablet PC ONLY
EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
Driver "wacom"
Identifier "cursor"
Option "Device" "/dev/wacom" # Change to
# /dev/input/event
# for USB
Option "Type" "cursor"
Option "ForceDevice" "ISDV4" # Tablet PC ONLY
EndSection
=======================================================
The above may not be required, but the next might accomplish it:
=====================================================
Section "Device"
Identifier "ATI Technologies, Inc. ATI Default Card"
Driver "vesa"
BusID "PCI:1:0:0"
EndSection
========================================================
adjust the BusID address to match yours, see the 'lspci -v' output for that
info
========================================================
Section "Monitor"
Identifier "SAMSUNG"
Option "DPMS"
EndSection
Section "Screen"
Identifier "Default Screen"
Device "ATI Technologies, Inc. ATI Default Card"
Monitor "SAMSUNG"
DefaultDepth 24
SubSection "Display"
Depth 1
Modes "1360x768" "1280x1024" "1024x768" "832x624"
"800x600" "720x400"
"640x480"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 4
Modes "1360x768" "1280x1024" "1024x768" "832x624"
"800x600" "720x400"
"640x480"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 8
Modes "1360x768" "1280x1024" "1024x768" "832x624"
"800x600" "720x400"
"640x480"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 15
Modes "1360x768" "1280x1024" "1024x768" "832x624"
"800x600" "720x400"
"640x480"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 16
Modes "1360x768" "1280x1024" "1024x768" "832x624"
"800x600" "720x400"
"640x480"
EndSubSection
====================================================
and I believe mine is running the 1024x768, 24 bit screen below
=====================================================
SubSection "Display"
Depth 24
Modes "1360x768" "1280x1024" "1024x768" "832x624"
"800x600" "720x400"
"640x480"
EndSubSection
EndSection
Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "Default Layout"
Screen "Default Screen"
InputDevice "Generic Keyboard"
InputDevice "Configured Mouse"
InputDevice "stylus" "SendCoreEvents"
InputDevice "cursor" "SendCoreEvents"
InputDevice "eraser" "SendCoreEvents"
EndSection
Section "DRI"
Mode 0666
EndSection
============================================
The X in 8.04 is a little schmardter, so the complete "Device" stanza
specifying the vesa may be all you need. The 1024x768 is a vesa maximum
limit.
--
Cheers, Gene
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