As I mentionned before, I have the same card, albeit without TV out, and the r128 driver works like a charm... Lionel --- Carl Wilhelm Soderstrom <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > in the graphical installation works, > the installer is either using an X server for the kernel framebuffer > (I'm guessing this is the case with Mandrake, since they use the kernel > framebuffer a lot); or in the case of other distributions, using the VGA X > server. > > first, are you actually running X 4.1? I've seen a Mandrake 8.1 > install use X 3.3.6, tho I'm not sure why. that was using the XF86_FBDev > server, tho; and I'm going to guess that's not your problem here. (it would > probably be working in that case). > try editing your /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 file; and find the line that > says 'Driver "<something"'. change that to > Driver "fbdev" > > see if that works. you could also try > Driver "vesa" and see if that works differently/better. > > 'fbdev' will use the kernel framebuffer to draw to the screen. it won't be > accellerated, but it usually works. > 'vesa' won't be much better; but it may have some accelleration, because it > tries to drive the chipset directly, using a fairly limited set of > capabilities. > using the kernel framebuffer isn't inherently slower; but it often happens > that way, simply because of the way some things are written. > > Carl Soderstrom > -- > Network Engineer > Real-Time Enterprises > (952) 943-8700 > _______________________________________________ > Newbie mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > *** To unsubscribe , or change message options, see: > http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/newbie
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