Ken Wilson wrote:
>
> Has anyone had any luck setting up Trident video cards in Mandrake?
> (Currently using 6.1) We've attempted to load the Blade 3D with the
> alpha driver from Trident and also tried to load the Trident 3dImage985
> (using suggested XF86_SVGA driver) and have had no success.
>
> Ken Wilson
> First Law of Optimization: The speed of a non-working program is
> irrelevant
> (Steve Heller, 'Efficient C/C++ Programming')
Hi,
I had a Trident 975 3D Image a little while back. The technique I used
was to run Xconfigurator and specify the system components, ram,
settings you want etc, but do NOT test. I ran my LG Studioworks 56i at
1024x768 at 76Hz and 16bit colour. At the command line type mc and use
midnight commander to edit /etc/XF86Config. Make sure all mode lines at
the resolution you want are commented out except for the one at the
refresh rate you want. In the section "device configured by
Xconfigurator" after Board Name (I think) insert the line:
Option "noaccel"
just like that. Save, then edit /etc/inittab to read default run level
5. Save and exit mc and type startx. You should get a screen. If not
it is probably the resolution and refresh rate that needs editing. You
will definitely need the noaccel option.
I hope that helps; it's a while since I've done it.
Cheers.
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