>>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 10.02.03 13:32 >>>
>> (WW) GLINT: No matching Device section for instance (BusID PCI:0:5:2) found
>> Why? I clearly have a dedicated device section in my configuration file for
>> this, identified as "GLINT 500TX".
 
> You can ignore this line, the Delta grabs the 500TX as well. 

Alright, I'll ignore it. Thanks ;)

>> Another problem is running this card at depths of 24 or 30. At both those
>> depths, the screen is unclear, fonts unreadable and borders have nasty
>> flickering effects. 30 is worse than 24. Have anyone else seen this with
>> GLINT cards? Can I do something about it?
 
> You can't do depth 30 with an IBM526DB, so it shouldn't work at all. Only
> the IBM640 dac supports depth 30.

Hmm... Well... It does work, in that it actually displays something, but if
it is as you say, no wonder it looks weird at that depth.

But what about 24? Are there any reasons why that should look bad as well?

>> One last thing; if someone else has this card, could you verify that it
>> has 8MB of RAM? I thought it had 16MB, but I might be mistaken and have
>> long since lost the manuals (X auto probes 8MB).

> Yes, The card has 8MB of videoram, but probably has another 8MB of EDO 
> memory - usually used for 3D. The driver only reports the videoram as
> it currently doesn't have a 3D driver and looses the other 8MB of EDO.

Doesn't have a 3D driver? Does that mean I won't get any OpenGL
acceleration out of this card with XFree86?


- IT


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