On Tue, Nov 05, 2002 at 08:05:26PM +0000, Patrick Caulfield wrote: > On Tue, Nov 05, 2002 at 08:55:02PM +1100, Robert Reid wrote: > > I have XFree86 4.2 installed on my AlphaStation 500. I have 3 various > > Trio64 based PCI cards lying around, 1 worked, 2 didn't. I didn't try > > with XFree86 3.3, the current card that works is: > > 00:0b.0 VGA compatible controller: S3 Inc. 86c764/765 [Trio32/64/64V+] > > (rev 54) > > That's interesting. > > I've got another card arriving via eBay so I might give that a try when it > arrives. I really bought it as a spare incase I blew the current one up too. > > SVGATextMode and twin are now working so I can get large terminal windows > (which is the point of X-windows anyway isn't it?) so that's a start :-)
Very late reply but I've now got it working. The trick (for me) seems to have been to install the card in a 64bit PCI slot which is, presumably, the "right" side of the bridge. patrick
