Linux-Hardware Digest #644, Volume #10 Thu, 1 Jul 99 20:13:29 EDT
Contents:
Re: /dev/ttyS* & Slack4.0 (Greg White)
Re: 56K/V90 fax/voice modem recommendation needed (Johan Kullstam)
Looking for Pentium Pro AT-style MB ("moe")
Re: Windows easy to install? BULLSHIT! (Shashank)
seagate sidewinder supported ? (Robert Herzog)
notebook 486slc ("Ruud de Smaele")
Re: Maestro 2 Soundcard under Linux (Stefan Bellon)
Re: Viper 550 PCI vs. 3dfx Voodoo3 2000 PCI (I need 1600@1200 with best overall 2D
quality) (Michael Meissner)
REAL Starfighter AGP video card ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: SoundCard ("LHD Administrator")
Mouse wheel? (Bill Sherrard)
Re: Problems with SuSE Linux 6.1
Re: ATI video card (RAGE FURY) (Kenneth Kellum)
Re: Dell Inspiron compatibility? What is best laptop? (Frederic Pont)
Re: Dell Inspiron compatibility? What is best laptop? (Donn Cave)
PPP connect - pppd: bad local IP address 127.0.0.1 (Chris)
Re: Redhat 6 and Mylex DAC960PL - can't autoprobe (Mike Frisch)
Re: Need Iomega Ditto 3200 (3.2G) Tape Drive info ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Voodoo3 3000 and XFree86 (", ,")
Plustek Driver for Kernel 2.2.x (Holger Dahm)
Re: 486? HELP!! (Greg H)
Need to Build Low-Cost Linux Box (Neville)
Re: seagate sidewinder supported ? ("Tony Platt")
Re: Voodoo3 3000 and XFree86 (Greg Yantz)
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From: Greg White <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.linux,alt.linux.slakware,alt.os.linux,alt.os.linux.slackware
Subject: Re: /dev/ttyS* & Slack4.0
Date: Thu, 01 Jul 1999 21:02:45 GMT
falling_grace wrote:
>
> I have recently installed Slackware 4.0. I am aware that
> the previous modem device
> scheme produced two devices: /dev/cua* and /dev/ttyS* for
> sending/recieving calls.
> I installed slackware 4.0 from scratch, but ran a heavily
> custom/upgraded slack3.4
> before. I have a 33.6 PnP modem, which worked fine before,
> using isapnptools, and
> dialing using the /dev/cua2 device (COM3 assigned by
> isapnptools). When I installed
> slack4.0 /w a PnP kernel, I noticed that the kernel wasn't
> recognising it, so I used
> my previous isapnptools configuration. That seems to work
> fine by assigning it
> to 0x3E8 (COM3). I have set my com programs to use the
> /dev/ttyS2 device, and it
> works, and will even connect. But for some reason, the
> messages are delayed about 20 seconds, which means there's a
> 40 second delay from when I enter a command to the modem and
> get a response. This obviously makes it impossible for me
> to set up a PPP
> connection. I thought it might have had something to do
> with shared interrupts, but have since ruled that out.
> /dev/ttyS2 is the only device that will give me any response
> at all.
> I am clueless. Any insight would be greatly appreciated.
What IRQ is the device set on? If it is sharing the IRQ with COM1 (IRQ
4), this would cause these symptoms. Also, if the modem is set to IRQ 5,
and you haven't assigned the correct IRQ with setserial, you would see
the same symptoms.
GW
Followups set to alt.os.linux.slackware to avoid further cross-posting.
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From: Johan Kullstam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: linux.help
Subject: Re: 56K/V90 fax/voice modem recommendation needed
Date: 01 Jul 1999 12:54:15 -0400
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Sascha Jirousek) writes:
> Howdy,
>
> I want to buy a new 56k/V90 fax/voice modem for Linux which should
>
> a) receive fax/voice mail even if the computer is not running
> b) flash ROM without using a Mickysoft-prog
> c) have good performance
>
> Did I say that it should run with Linux? :)
>
> I heard from a modem from USR and Elsa, both have the capability to receive
> fax/voice mail even if the computer is not running.
>
> OK, any recommendations/comments?
get an external with good old rs-232c interface.
--
johan kullstam
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From: "moe" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Looking for Pentium Pro AT-style MB
Date: Thu, 1 Jul 1999 17:37:35 -0400
I'm looking for a motherboard that will accept a PPro-180 and will
fit into a 'normal' AT-style case.... any suggestions/recommendations?
Wilson
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From: Shashank <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.ms-windows.advocacy,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: Windows easy to install? BULLSHIT!
Date: Thu, 01 Jul 1999 14:18:28 -0500
Hey chief- it usually doesn't matter if you have someone to blame or no. If
it aint workin, it aint workin.
> Exactly. "Unsupported software" aspects sound like corporate lingo to
> me. To make it even worse, there's no accountability for it so you
> can't blame no one but yourself for using it --- use at your own risk.
> You'll have to find the patches for yourself, unless of course you know
> how to write code.
>
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From: Robert Herzog <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: seagate sidewinder supported ?
Date: Thu, 01 Jul 1999 21:08:10 +0200
Hello,
I envisage buying a Seagate Sidewinder 200 4 tapes AIT tape changer.
Is this supported under Linux ? (2.2.x, i.e.Redhat 6 or SuSE 6.1)
Thanks.
Robert Herzog ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
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From: "Ruud de Smaele" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: notebook 486slc
Date: Thu, 1 Jul 1999 21:09:00 +0200
Hello i have a cyrix cx486slc/50mhz, 4mb, 200mb color i wil install linux
But i have only a floppy drive can you help me how i can do it
no math coprocessor
Thanks Ruud
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From: Stefan Bellon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.portable,comp.os.linux
Subject: Re: Maestro 2 Soundcard under Linux
Date: Thu, 01 Jul 1999 19:10:58 +0200
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Stuart Moffatt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Has anyone had any luck using a Maestro soundcard under Linux ? I
> recently installed Red Hat 6.0 onto my laptop (a Transmonde Vibrant
> LS), and have been unable to get the sound going. The impression I
> got from references on the Web was that this card wouldn't work under
> Linux, although my manufacturer implied that their hardware was all
> Linux-compatible when I bought the machine -- and in every other case
> it was. For the most part, Linux runs perfectly on my machine (No
> more constant crashes), but sound support still eludes me. I know
> that the hardware itself is fine, since it still works under Win98.
> The card is an ESS Technologies Maestro-2� PCI Audio Accelerator.
The Opensound Project has some beta drivers. But it's commercial. You
still can try the evaluation version which gives you 20 minutes of
sound. That's what I'm doing now.
It's at http://www.opensound.com
But if somebody knows a better way, I'm grateful as well.
Greetings,
Stefan.
--
Stefan Bellon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Acorn RiscPC * StrongARM 202 MHz * 66 MB RAM
VirusScan Message: Windows 95 found: Remove it? (Y/n)
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Crossposted-To: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.video
Subject: Re: Viper 550 PCI vs. 3dfx Voodoo3 2000 PCI (I need 1600@1200 with best
overall 2D quality)
From: Michael Meissner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: 01 Jul 1999 18:30:06 -0400
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Vladimir NOVIKOV) writes:
> Hello all,
>
> I have a small Pentium 100 with 64 Mb RAM using Windows 98 and Linux.
>
> I need to uprgade urgently my graphic card to obtain the best 2D
> quality (GIMP, Photoshop, Pagemaker, no games) at 1600@1200 (85 Hz).
>
> And I found that there is almost no PCI cards on the market these
> days. All new chips (TNT2, G400 and so on) are AGP only.
>
> It seems that my only choice is Viper 550 (TNT) or 3dfx Voodoo3 2000
> PCI.
I have a viper 550 PCI card (the Intel motherboard I use is meant for a server
and doesn't have a AGP slot) and was running 82 Hz at 1600x1200 dpi, 32-bit
color, using a Nokia 446Xpro monitor. Note, I was running 85 Hz quite
successfully until I put in the Cybex switchbox, and there was some slight
distortion.
The 85 Hz modeline I used to use is:
Modeline "1600x1200_4" 220.000 1600 1696 1888 2148 1200 1204 1215 1245 +hsync
+vsync
and the 82 Hz modeline I currently is:
Modeline "1600x1200_5" 220.000 1600 1616 1808 2080 1200 1204 1207 1244 +hsync
+vsync
> I've read some reviews to find that TNT seems to have best 2D quality
> (with G200 PCI), but that Voodoo3 has higher refresh rates because of
> the 300 MHz RAMDAC. It seems also that Voodoo3 is primarily 3D chip
> with only average 2D quality for its price.
>
> I also don't know if Voodoo3 works well with Linux (TNT does, my
> friends has one Viper 550 AGP, so I know it for sure).
>
> So, Viper or Voodoo, that's a question?
>
> BTW, is Pentium 100 enough for these cards?
Dunno. It wouldn't affect refresh rates, but updating the screen would be
another matter.
--
Michael Meissner, Cygnus Solutions
PMB 198, 174 Littleton Road #3, Westford, Massachusetts 01886
email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] phone: 978-486-9304 fax: 978-692-4482
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: REAL Starfighter AGP video card
Date: Thu, 01 Jul 1999 22:30:21 GMT
I am new to Linux and have installed Red Hat 6.0.
My REAL Starfighter AGP video card though is not a recognized card.
When I run XWindows the image is at a weird resolution (like 100x80).
If anyone is using the card if they could help me with the setup
parameters, I would appreciate it.
Bob
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From: "LHD Administrator" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: SoundCard
Date: Thu, 1 Jul 1999 18:23:16 -0400
Anthony Lacey wrote in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
>So what do people think is a good choice? I dont want too much hassle
>in setup and want the card to work as well as can be expected in both
>linux & 98. Im only going to spend about nother �30 on speakers too.
Check out the sound card listings at
<http://lhd.datapower.com/db/searchproduct.cgi?_catid=7> in the Linux
Hardware Database (they're listed under "Misc. IO" from the front page,
right now). There are some ratings, comments and workarounds by current
users for a few of the SoundBlaster cards you're looking at.
And, of course, come back when you get one of these cards and rate it, so it
will be easier for others to decide what hardware to get for use with Linux
and how to set it up.
LHD Administrator
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
LhD: Linux Hardware Database http://lhd.datapower.com
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From: Bill Sherrard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Mouse wheel?
Date: Thu, 01 Jul 1999 17:06:46 -0500
Will there be support in Linux for the wheel on my Logitech Marble?
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From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Problems with SuSE Linux 6.1
Date: 1 Jul 1999 12:06:08 GMT
Hi Brent,
hmm, seems to be more than one problem here... First, when you hit ctrl-alt-del
your system should do the same as 'shutdown -r now', thus correctly terminating
all running programs. Next, when you have started X with the wrong Xserver
(svga or any accelerated server) and you can't see anything, try hitting
ctrl-alt-backspace instead of ctrl-alt-del, this should send you back to
console.
Concerning your booting problems it would be helpful to know how you are going
to boot Linux. Do you use loadlin or lilo? Anyway, make sure you're booting
the correct partition; on a vanilla Linux box you may have three or more
partitions (root, swap, perhaps boot, and some windows/dos partition). In this
case use 'boot' as your starting partition, if you don't have any /boot, take
the root-partitiobn ( / ) of your system.
Brent Justice <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> First when I tried to run the xsvga server all I got was a black screen and
> I had to hit ctl-alt-del to terminate and reboot. Then when I did that it
> wont boot now! It says insert boot diskette!! It set up 3 partions and I
> tried setting each one on Active to boot to that partition but it still wont
> boot now!
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From: Kenneth Kellum <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: ATI video card (RAGE FURY)
Date: Thu, 01 Jul 1999 13:28:40 -0700
I couldn't find the post with the link.
Could you please post the link again?
Thanks
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> > Hey everyone,
> > I have just decided to change my os to linux. I was wondering
> > if anyone know if the ATI Rage Fury 128 video card is compatible with
> > RedHat or any other flavor. (RH6 is what I have). If so, is there
> > drivers somewhere I can get or are the included? Thanks for any help.
> >
> > Phil
> > i see that the link i posted is dead so i copied the info from my
> printout you can see it in my post "ragefury redhat 6.0" hope this will
> help
>
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You can't spell "anti-christ" without the "nt".
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http://www.mathcs.sjsu.edu/faculty/kellum
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From: Frederic Pont <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.portable,comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: Dell Inspiron compatibility? What is best laptop?
Date: Thu, 01 Jul 1999 22:17:41 GMT
I'm very happy with my Dell Inspiron 3500, and looks like I'm not the
only one.
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
"David J. Topper" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hello all,
>
> I've run Linux on desktop machines since kernel 1.0.x. I also use it
in
> our lab. The time has come, however, to explore laptop issues. My
> employer has a deal with Dell, which offers competative discounts for
> laptops. I must say that the Dell Inspiron line looks pretty good!
>
> I'd love to hear comments / get input from folks. I've already
> contacted the OSS folks about audio support, but have yet to hear.
I'm
> of course concerned about support for various components like the 3com
> combo 56k + 10/100 that comes with the Dell. DVD? PCMCIA? Video
Card?
>
> Email responses preferred.
>
> Thanks very much,
>
> DT
> --
> David Topper
> Technical Director - Virginia Center for Computer Music
> Programmer Analyst - School of Arts and Sciences
> http://www.people.virginia.edu/~djt7p
> (804) 924-6887
>
>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Donn Cave)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.portable,comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: Dell Inspiron compatibility? What is best laptop?
Date: 1 Jul 1999 22:15:47 GMT
Leonard Evens <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
...
| Of course if you get a laptop from a Linux platform provider
| like VAResearch or Penguin, you won't have to worry about
| these matters, but they tend to concentrate on high end
| expensive machines. Still it is worth checking their
| web pages.
URL for ``Linux Laptops'': http://www.linuxlaptops.com/
I have no experience with them, someone just gave me the URL.
I do have one of the machines they sell, the Chembook 7400, and it's
somewhat comparable to an Inspiron 7000, possibly with a little more
workable BIOS setup. Their price looks good, and I gather it comes
with Debian, X11 etc. I don't run Linux on mine (BeOS only), but I
did try to configure XFree86 under OpenBSD. If they make any money
on these laptops, they earn it.
Donn Cave, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: Chris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking,redhat.networking.general
Subject: PPP connect - pppd: bad local IP address 127.0.0.1
Date: Thu, 01 Jul 1999 23:30:45 GMT
I have the Red Hat Linux Unleashed book that tells how to set up a PPP
connection. I followed all the directions, however I cannot get it to
work. I am using the command:
pppd connect "chat -f chatfile" /dev/cua2 -detach crtscts modem 127.0.0.1:
When I run this I get:
pppd: bad local IP address 127.0.0.1
The modem will dial and try to connect if I leave the 127.0.0.1: part out,
but with that part it does nothing but give the above error. I ran
ifconfig and checked the hosts file and that IP address is shown in both.
Can someone help me determine why it does not accept this IP address?
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Mike Frisch)
Subject: Re: Redhat 6 and Mylex DAC960PL - can't autoprobe
Date: 1 Jul 1999 21:13:18 GMT
On Thu, 1 Jul 1999 15:45:27 -0500, Dino <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Trying to install a Mylex DAC960 onto HP Netserver LC motherboard (has an
>internat Adaptec 2740 SCSI card). Have the DAC configured so it's the first
>SCSI card that the bios sees, yet when I try and select the DAC960 driver
>within the RH6 install, it comes up with the following error (in expert
>mode)
Check out Mylex's website as there is some information (and RedHat install
disks) posted there about this problem.
Mike.
--
======================================================================
Mike Frisch Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Northstar Technologies WWW: http://saturn.tlug.org/~mfrisch
Newmarket, Ontario, CANADA
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To:
comp.os.os2.misc,comp.os.os2.setup.misc,comp.os.ms-windows.win95.misc,comp.sys.hp.hardware,comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage,comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.systems,comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: Need Iomega Ditto 3200 (3.2G) Tape Drive info
Date: Thu, 01 Jul 1999 15:50:47 -0700
In <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, on 07/01/99
at 03:48 AM, James Moe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said:
> Recently I got an ORB removable hard drive. $200 for the drive,
>$30 per 2.2GB disk. I could not retire my tape drives fast enough
>(except the DAT)!
I have heard various things about lack of OS/2 support for the ORB
drives. Is yours IDE or SCSI? Any problems with it under OS/2?
--
===========================================================
Bob Stephan [EMAIL PROTECTED] or [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Happily using OS/2 Warp on the Central California Coast.
http://www.redshift.com/~bstephan
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From: ", ," <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Voodoo3 3000 and XFree86
Date: Thu, 1 Jul 1999 18:39:04 -0500
Does anyone know how to get the Voodoo3 3000 working with Linux? Its not
supported yet and was wondering if someone had a XConfig file that I could
use that would work for this card.
Thanks,
Patrick
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From: Holger Dahm <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Plustek Driver for Kernel 2.2.x
Date: Thu, 01 Jul 1999 23:25:29 +0200
In former days i worked with kernel 2.0.36 (DLD). There was no problem
to compile the alpha plustek scanner driver for SANE (see
www.efn.org/~rick/plustek/plustek_sane-0.x1.tar.gz). Now i=B4m working
with kernel 2.2.5 (SuSe 6.1). It seems, that some struct=B4s were changed=
in the kernel source (e.g. file_operations). so the struct=B4s of the old=
plustek driver source are initialed wrong by compiling time. this
affects only in some warnings, but the result is, that every scan
results in a black image. However, is there someone who has already run
into this problem and has a solution.
greetings, dahm
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From: Greg H <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: 486? HELP!!
Date: Thu, 01 Jul 1999 23:48:50 GMT
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Hi, I'm the guy who misses his computer very much,, and in that
> missingness that I had I went and got a 486DX2/66 off of a friend,
> Which version of LINUX, Red Hat, Slackware, Caldera, Debian,, I don't
I don't think it's so much a matter of which flavor, but it _is_ a
matter of what you will run on it. X-Window will probably run provided
you have a supported video card, but it will most likely be sluggish.
Here's my take on the distributions you mentioned, though:
Red Hat -- mainstream, pretty easy to install, everything the average
user could need and then some
Slackware -- for the hardcore Linux user, not too far from "rolling
your own"
Caldera -- a cinch to install, but the free version is a demo
Debian -- ideal for developers
Not much, but I hope I helped a little.
Greg H.
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From: Neville <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Need to Build Low-Cost Linux Box
Date: Thu, 01 Jul 1999 22:45:39 GMT
Hi,
I'm a college student and I am looking to build/buy a Linux box for
<=$500. I don't need a monitor-- just a decent AMD or Intel processor, a
few GBs of disk, 128 or so RAM, video card, ethernet card, etc. I want
to be able to run KDE, use GNU programming tools, run Apache, and run
VMWare so I can occassionally access Windoze files.
I've found some good deals for pre-assembled Linux boxes from The
Computer Underground (www.tcu-inc.com), but, if it isn't too involved or
pricey, I would prefer to build the system myself.
Where are the best places to find QUALITY parts at REASONABLE
prices? Or, where is the best place to buy a complete system?
Thanks for your help,
- Neville
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From: "Tony Platt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: seagate sidewinder supported ?
Date: Fri, 2 Jul 1999 09:49:20 +1000
For tape a library
look at www.arkeia.com
and see if they have it in there listing
Tony
Robert Herzog wrote in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
>Hello,
>I envisage buying a Seagate Sidewinder 200 4 tapes AIT tape changer.
>Is this supported under Linux ? (2.2.x, i.e.Redhat 6 or SuSE 6.1)
>Thanks.
>Robert Herzog ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
>
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From: Greg Yantz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Voodoo3 3000 and XFree86
Date: 01 Jul 1999 20:15:25 -0400
", ," <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Does anyone know how to get the Voodoo3 3000 working with Linux? Its not
> supported yet and was wondering if someone had a XConfig file that I could
> use that would work for this card.
Yes. I have one, running at 1280x1024x16 and it works fine. It may not be
supported in the standard XFree release yet, but there is support for it.
Go to:
http://glide.xxedgexx.com/
and look around. There are links to instructions and software to get you
going.
-Greg
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