Thus spake dman: > On Wed, Nov 14, 2001 at 04:58:11PM -0800, Mark Seven Smith wrote: > > | ATI Rage 128 video card > > [removed all other peripherals too] > > | WHY I BELIEVE THE VIDEO CARD IS AT FAULT: > | Basically, Red Hat Linux 6.1 also had this problem--I had > | to get RH7.1 (with the newer XFree86 stuff on it) before I > | could install. I am using RH7.1 right now. > > I agree with you, it sounds like you vid. card is bad. I've installed > RH6.2 with no problems at all on a machine at work with a Rage 128 > card. The only problem is that I didn't get X4 working (and I know > X3 doesn't support it well), but it is mostly used for testing anyways > so I didn't spend any more time on it. > > | It still seems *VERY ODD* that the ATI Rage 128 will not > | work in the lowest of text video compatibility modes. I > | Suppose this is why the stupid card was foisted on me in > | the first place (I had gone to purchase a different card, > | but was given this one instead, "at a discount", and they > | assured me that it was "fully compatible with Linux"!) Now > | I read at various places around the web, all the > | difficulties folks have had with the ATI Rage 128 card. > > If you use the framebuffer stuff, configuring X is a piece of cake. > For most cards you lose performance, but it works well and gives a > nicer looking console too. > > | Also, the ATI Rage 128 card is not listed in the hardware > | compatibility list on the Debian site. > > That list may only refer to potato (X3) or it may be outdated, I don't > know. You might have a bad card, but it certainly works fine here - I have a Rager 128 Pro running X4 under Woody - took some figuring out, but it runs OpenGL pretty quick, doesn't lock up, and is generally quite a nice card. Don't despair just yet. Good luck, Steve
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