>As for the I/O Magic video card, any idea what chipset it uses?
It uses the PERMEDIA 2 chipset. I tried a couple of pre-defined cards with
PERMEDIA 2, but was unsure which accellerated x server to run. Even tried to
manually configure the card. Regardless, after typing startx, KDE would come up
at approx. 300 x (some small #) resolution whereas just the "Taskbar" would
take up half the screen, or worse nothing would come up and I would have to
re-boot.
>> Might be able to get it to work by using a different
X-server, or using the Frame Buffer device instead, from
what one of the guys at Mandrakesoft says... :-)
Don't recall seeing anything about Frame Buffer Device. What is it?
Thanks,
Bryan
John Aldrich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on 09/02/99 10:28:23 AM
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Subject: Re: [newbie] 32 Bit Video Cards
On Thu, 02 Sep 1999, you wrote:
> Anyone had any success with any 16 or 32 meg video card with Linux? I got an
> I/O Magic Magic Video 3D-EP for my birthday, but have been unable to get it to
> work. I see many cards available during xf86config, but most of the video
cards
> listed are either 4 or 8 meg. I would like to go with Diamond or ATI, but
would
> like to know if anyone has had any luck with the ATI RAGE 128 XPERT or
anything
> > 8meg by Diamond.
>
I've got a 16-meg Creative Graphics Blaster TNT here in my
machine at work.... runs like a charm. :-)
As for the I/O Magic video card, any idea what chipset it
uses? Might be able to get it to work by using a different
X-server, or using the Frame Buffer device instead, from
what one of the guys at Mandrakesoft says... :-)
John
