Previously, Douglas J Hunley chose to write:
> Michael Hipp babbled on about:
> > I just spent a very long frustrating week working for many hours every
> > day to get an ATI XPERT 128 card to work under Linux. Xfree says it
> > works. The COL list says it works. But I tried 2+ different distros and 3
> > different machines and more XF86Config files than I care to remember and
> > it would not function under X even at 640x480/60Hz. All the helpful ideas
> > from the COL list were to no avail. I put it in a Win2k box and it is
> > configured 1st time correctly (and no reboot required). I put it in a
> > Win98 box and it at least comes up and works at VGA resolution. {Many
> > other examples could be cited - this is just the one I'm infuriated about
> > at this moment.}
>
> that's strange. just list the ChipID statement in your XF86Config file.
> I had this working before I switched machines. 4.2.0 (which just came out)
> supports this out of the box as well. This particular issue is no different
> on windows vs. linux. it's a driver issue. the chipset on recent xpert
> cards are different than the previous. windows will say "i dont know what
> the video card is, use vga" where linux says "i dont' know what the video
> card is. tell me." no real differenceExcept if you boot into runlevel 5. Windows will give you a usable GUI, linux won't. -- Caldera eWorkstation 3.1, kernel 2.4.9, KDE 2.2.1, Xfree86 4.1.0 _______________________________________________ Linux-users mailing list - http://linux.nf/mailman/listinfo/linux-users Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Archives,and Digests are located at the above URL.
