On Tue, 8 Jan 2002, Wouter Verhelst wrote: > > > As documented in Debian bugs #86457, #88344, and #76291, the ATI Mach64 > > > GX, a.k.a. 210888GX, is not well supported by XFree86 4.x.
> > These three reports are for XFree86 releases that are now quite old. > Yes, but I tried to run my X server (4.1.0.1) just prior to sending this > mail, and the problems still exist. Those reports may be old, but they're > not outdated. > > Please be more specific. > What specifics do you need? > It's not possible to run XF86 4 on this card with a bitdepth higher than 8 > bits, while XF86 3.3.6 and other systems happily do that. That's the "specific" I requested (the bug reports allude to 4 or 5 different problems). I document in README.ati that the GX is not supported at depths greater than 8, for now. If you require more than 8, stick to 3.3.6. Marc. +----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+ | Marc Aurele La France | work: 1-780-492-9310 | | Computing and Network Services | fax: 1-780-492-1729 | | 352 General Services Building | email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | | University of Alberta +-----------------------------------+ | Edmonton, Alberta | | | T6G 2H1 | Standard disclaimers apply | | CANADA | | +----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+ XFree86 Core Team member. ATI driver and X server internals. _______________________________________________ Xpert mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xpert
