----- Original Message ----- From: "ed tharp" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "newbie" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, August 13, 2003 7:20 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] Video Card incompatable?
> On Wed, 2003-08-13 at 15:12, Cody Harris wrote: > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "ed tharp" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: "newbie" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Sent: Tuesday, August 12, 2003 8:46 PM > > Subject: Re: [newbie] Video Card incompatable? > > > > > > > On Tue, 2003-08-12 at 19:12, ed tharp wrote: > > > > On Tue, 2003-08-12 at 18:17, Cody Harris wrote: > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > > > From: "ed tharp" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > > To: "newbie" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > > Sent: Tuesday, August 12, 2003 5:58 PM > > > > > Subject: Re: [newbie] Video Card incompatable? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Tue, 2003-08-12 at 09:50, Haywiremac wrote: > > > > > > > On Tue, 12 Aug 2003 10:02:37 -0300 > > > > > > > "Cody Harris" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> uttered: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I ran mcc from console and went to display configuration, but my > > card > > > > > > > > isn't listed there. I wants Trio64 (so it defaults to), but that > > > > > > > > doesn't work. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > your best bet may be to upgrade to the latest XFree, but I've > > never been > > > > > > > through that process. Check xfree.org for more details, to see if > > they > > > > > > > may now support your card. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Try frame buffer (svga) until you get X running > > > > > > > > > > X runs, but only in 8 bit. And where's this frame buffer thang? > > > > you are probibly using it, as that is the default driver that gets you 8 > > > > bit, and if you have a color "lilo splash screen, you are using frame > > > > buffer then. If you have 8 bit color at least. I just realized, is this > > > > "shared video mem? are you correctly passing the amount of available > > > > system ram to the Kernel at boot? (lilo append should have a "mem=xxxM" > > > > where xxx equals amount of system memory installed minus amount of > > > > shared video mem?) > > > > > > > > > > > > and what does (as root, in a text console, without the quotes "lspci" > > > > 00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corp 440BX/ZX/DZ - 8244BX/ZX/DX Host brider (AGP > > disabled) (rev 03) > > 00:07.0 ISA bridge: Inel Corp. 82371AB/EB/MB// PIIX4 ISA (rev 01) > > 0:07.1 EID interface: Intel Corp. 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 IDE (rev 01) > > 00:07.3 Bride: Intel Corp. 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 ACPI > > 00:08.0 VGA compatable controller: S3 Inc. 86c764/765 [Trio32/64/64V+] > > 00:0a:0 Ethernet Controller: Digital Equipment Corporation DEC chip 21140 > > [FasterNet] (rev 20) > > > > Coppied that by hand... > > > > > > > > > > > > and "cat /proc/pci" say? > > > > PCI devices found: > > Bus 0, device 0, function 0: > > Host bridge: Intel Corp. 440BX/ZX/DX - 82443BX/ZX/DX Host bridge (AGP > > disabled) (rev 3). > > Bus 0, device 7, function 0: > > ISA bridge: Intel Corp. 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 ISA (rev 1). > > Bus 0, device 7, function 1: > > IDE interface: Intel Corp. 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 IDE (rev 1). > > I/O at 0xffa0 [0xffaf]. > > Bus 0, device 7, function 3: > > Bridge: Intel Corp. 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 ACPI (rev 0). > > IRQ 9. > > Bus 0, device 8, function 0: > > VGA compatible controller: S3 Inc. 86c764/765 [Trio32/64/64V+] (rev 0). > > Non-prefetchable 32 bit memory at 0xf8000000 [0xfbffffff]. > > Bus 0, device 10, function 0: > > Ethernet controller: Digital Equipment Corporation DECchip 21140 > > [FasterNet] (rev 32). > > IRQ 11. > > Master Capable. Latency=64. > > I/O at 0xec00 [0xec7f]. > > Non-prefetchable 32 bit memory at 0xfebff000 [0xfebfffff]. > > > > > > ______________________________________________________________________ > > > > > > > > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > > > > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com > > > > > > > > > > Ok now we know you have an S3 86c764/765 [Trio32/64/64V+ > And that is a chipset I see in XFdrake under S3. try that one yet? I'm currently using Trio 64, but i can't get higher then 8 bit. > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com >
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