> Hi Listers, > > My son the Linux maven, has been trying various distros on a B&W G3. His > main complaint has been a problem with video card driver functionality (he > says it's a "Rage 128" card). > > Any wisdom here for him?
God yes. Has he tried slackintosh? I love it I use it. I'm a complete bozo..... To the point. Ok, bsd has an actual driver patch for this systems Video card. However... They have a pci radeon that works with this system on eBay and it's cheap. also on slack the guy who ported this version of slackware, did a decent workaround for this card as well(using a framebuffer) However you will have no decent 3d unless you upgrade your card > > Thanks > > Barry > > -- > You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for > those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power > Macs. > The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette > guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
