Could you use the standard generic vga server?
Some compaines like Xi Grapics and SuSe develop there own drivers for video
cards and realese them before anyone else gets them, you might want to check
them out and other people that develop X servers, it could cost you though.
A generic svga 2 meg PCI video card you can get for ~ $5-15, I'm not
suggesting, just saying
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From: Gevaerts Frank <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: Miguel Griffa <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Date: Thursday, May 27, 1999 1:56 AM
Subject: Re: mohter Sis 620
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>On Sat, 22 May 1999, Miguel Griffa wrote:
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>> Hi,
>> I just got a new PC and I tihnk that onboard video adapter (will
>> check modem and soundcard later) are not (yet) supported by X, and idea,
>> suggestion (if posible not involving 'buying a video card') will be
>> highly apreciated, thanks
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>Have you checked http://www.xfree86.org/cardlist.html ?
>If the card (or chipset, since it isn't really a card) supports VESA 2.0,
>you could use kernel 2.2 with a framebuffer device. This works fine with
>X, although it is rather slow (BTW: I have never done this myself, only
>seen it working)
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>Frank
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