hi everybody,
i had quoted " trident is supported off the box "
justification :)
the combination of trident SVGA card ( more than 5 years old ) with
0.5 MB RAM and linux 5.2 worked without any hitch.... right after
installation Xserver detected the card and gave a default resolution of
640 * 480 with 256 colors... after running xconf i was able to set the
resolution to 800 * 600 with 256 colors... :) without any problems......
the same expierience with S3 64+ card... but gave me a default res
of 800 * 600 and i was able to configure it to 1024 * 768... this card
has 2 MB RAM
cirrus logic 5430 + 2MB RAM supported 1024 * 768 after a lot of
trial and errors with xconf.....
present scenario
trident ----- working with svga mono monitor
s3 64+ -------- working with samtron 45Bn monitor
cirrus logic 5430 ------ working with samtron SC-428 PS/PSL monitor
i think i have configured all popular cards to work with xwindows
expect sis... both 6215 and 6525 ( or some thing else ) ..... i did a
lot of work on it including the patch at www.linux-india.org/sis with
no positive results....
hence i again quote
" dont go for SIS card if u r planning to run linux on ur system "
bye
chetu
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