On Fri, 18 Feb 2000, you wrote:
> Hello all.
>
> I'm trying to install 7.0 on a DELL 500C desktop.
> Now DRAKX seems not to like the video hardware, and
> installation proceeds in character mode (not much of a problem).
>
> But I was concerned: the video chipset is part of the motherboard
> chipset (Intel 810).
> I looked on XFree's site but unless I missed it, there does not
> seems to be any support for this chipset ...
>
> So what am I to do ? Use the frame buffer driver ??? This should
> work, but AFAIK the frame buffer driver is _not_ accelerated at all,
> so performance would suffer ???
>
> Does somebody know of a better way (even a beta driver would be fine
> at this stage).
>
> Thanks
>
> --
An extensive search turned up... Nothing.
I have it from the overclockers of my acquaintance who like to run linux that
the 810 is a "CHIPSET TO AVOID" (their caps).
Of course, with Dell added into the mix, you may not have a standard Intel 810
Chipset to begin with. Dell has quite a lot of buying power. The Turtle Beach
Montego I, for example, will not run with the Voyetra drivers if it was bought
as part of a Dell box. And this is true in both windows and linux.
The other item I have turned up is that Intel is requiring a non-disclosure
agreement if you want to know about the 810 internals. This reminds me of the
i740 drivers which were only available in binary for quite some time.
I do not make these statements lightly. I DLed several intel zip files to look
because I was curious. No detailed specifications were available, just a
troubleshooting guide which referenced the various versions of their drivers
This is annoying. Dell supposedly supports linux, but only on some models, and
Intel is giving some lukewarm support as well, but when it comes to a query to
write drivers, we see once again the Great Stone Face.
But one would think there might be some justice in the universe. On the
surplus market, boards from Soyo and Shuttle based on the 810 are underselling
boards from the same manufacturers based on the SiS 530 and 620, and these 810s
appear to be retail boxed sets, not OEM boards.
Civileme
>
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