Re: OOOOLLLLDDDD video card
On Thu, Oct 30, 2003 at 07:49:24AM -0600, Larry W. Irwin Sr. wrote:
| On Tue, Oct 28, 2003 at 05:24:28PM -0500, Derrick 'dman' Hudson wrote:
| On Tue, Oct 28, 2003 at 01:04:51PM -0600, Larry W. Irwin Sr. wrote:
| | I have to use a really old Phoenix S3 Trio32/64 PCI card, running
| | Debian Woody, no mixed stable/testing/unstable. Is there a way to get
| | Woody's xserver to work with this fossil?
|
| Does that card support the VESA interface? If so, use the 'vesafb'
| driver in the kernel and the 'FBDev' driver in X. It's really simple
| to configure, actually. (I use that setup because it's a lot simpler
| than messing around with X options)
|
| Hi D. I sent this directly to you since the reply I sent to Debian User
| has not shown up yet.
You sent it off-list, that's why.
BTW, your email address is wrong:
host bigriver.net.mail1.psmtp.com[12.158.34.245] said:
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| I read somewhere that the vesafb module is only
| available in the 2.4.18 source. True?
No. It is in all 2.4.x kernels I've used.
You might be able to compile it as a module, or just use boot-time
configuration options, but I've never had any luck with that. I
started with the kernel-source package, copied the configuration from
my current kernel, then included vesafb in the kernel. ('Y' instead
of 'M' or 'N') Then, for 1280x1024x16 I put video=vesa vga=0x31A on
the kernel's command line. (the details for how to do that depend on
what boot loader you use)
HTH,
-D
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Re: OOOOLLLLDDDD video card
On Fri, Oct 31, 2003 at 11:35:13AM -0500, Derrick 'dman' Hudson wrote: BTW, your email address is wrong: host bigriver.net.mail1.psmtp.com[12.158.34.245] said: 550 [EMAIL PROTECTED]: User unknown (in reply to RCPT TO command) It should be fixed now. Thanks. | I read somewhere that the vesafb module is only | available in the 2.4.18 source. True? No. It is in all 2.4.x kernels I've used. Thanks again, I have it resolved now. Regards, Larry -- They that would give up essential liberty for temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety. -- Benjamin Franklin -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: OOOOLLLLDDDD video card
on Tue, Oct 28, 2003 at 01:04:51PM -0600, Larry W. Irwin Sr. ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: I have to use a really old Phoenix S3 Trio32/64 PCI card, running Debian Woody, no mixed stable/testing/unstable. Is there a way to get Woody's xserver to work with this fossil? The XF86v3 svga driver should work as a last gasp. I've got an S3 ViRGE/VX which runs under XF86v4. lspci gives it as: 00:13.0 VGA compatible controller: S3 Inc. 86c988 [ViRGE/VX] (rev 02) Peace. -- Karsten M. Self [EMAIL PROTECTED]http://kmself.home.netcom.com/ What Part of Gestalt don't you understand? Geek for hire: http://kmself.home.netcom.com/resume.html signature.asc Description: Digital signature
Re: OOOOLLLLDDDD video card
On Tuesday October 28 at 01:04pm Larry W. Irwin Sr. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have to use a really old Phoenix S3 Trio32/64 PCI card, running Debian Woody, no mixed stable/testing/unstable. Is there a way to get Woody's xserver to work with this fossil? The card will work, however it is sometimes paired with Sun workstation monitors, which use sync-on-green. This combination caused many headaches for me. The best I got for X was snow. I ended up installing Windows NT and giving it to my mother. Why she still uses Juno is beyond me, but it only runs on Windows. At least it's better than 95/98, as far as networking goes. -- -johann koenig Now Playing: Misfits - Some Kinda Hate : Legacy of Brutality Today is Boomtime, the 10th day of The Aftermath in the YOLD 3169 My public pgp key: http://mental-graffiti.com/pgp/johannkoenig.pgp pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature
OOOOLLLLDDDD video card
I have to use a really old Phoenix S3 Trio32/64 PCI card, running Debian Woody, no mixed stable/testing/unstable. Is there a way to get Woody's xserver to work with this fossil? Larry -- They that would give up essential liberty for temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety. -- Benjamin Franklin -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: OOOOLLLLDDDD video card
Hello Larry W. Irwin Sr. ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: I have to use a really old Phoenix S3 Trio32/64 PCI card, running Debian Woody, no mixed stable/testing/unstable. Is there a way to get Woody's xserver to work with this fossil? I think your card is not supported by XFree 4.1, however it should work with XFree 3.3.6 which is also included in Woody. Another option is to upgrade to a recent version of XFree. best regards Andreas Janssen -- Andreas Janssen [EMAIL PROTECTED] PGP-Key-ID: 0xDC801674 Registered Linux User #267976 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: OOOOLLLLDDDD video card
[20031028] Larry W. Irwin Sr. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have to use a really old Phoenix S3 Trio32/64 PCI card, running Debian Woody, no mixed stable/testing/unstable. Is there a way to get Woody's xserver to work with this fossil? It should work with xf86's s3 driver. -- ++ | .: Manolis Tzanidakis | | mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | | http://www.kegep.tuc.gr/~manolis | | jabber: [EMAIL PROTECTED]| | icq: #102798230 | ++ | VI VI VI The editor of the beast | ++ signature.asc Description: Digital signature
Re: OOOOLLLLDDDD video card
On Tue, Oct 28, 2003 at 01:04:51PM -0600, Larry W. Irwin Sr. wrote: | I have to use a really old Phoenix S3 Trio32/64 PCI card, running | Debian Woody, no mixed stable/testing/unstable. Is there a way to get | Woody's xserver to work with this fossil? Does that card support the VESA interface? If so, use the 'vesafb' driver in the kernel and the 'FBDev' driver in X. It's really simple to configure, actually. (I use that setup because it's a lot simpler than messing around with X options) -D -- (E)ventually (M)allocs (A)ll (C)omputer (S)torage http://dman13.dyndns.org/~dman/ pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: OOOOLLLLDDDD video card
On Tue, 2003-10-28 at 13:04, Larry W. Irwin Sr. wrote: I have to use a really old Phoenix S3 Trio32/64 PCI card, running Debian Woody, no mixed stable/testing/unstable. Is there a way to get Woody's xserver to work with this fossil? One solution is the big stick: http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/search.asp?keywords=video+pciimage1.x=0image1.y=0 -- - Ron Johnson, Jr. [EMAIL PROTECTED] Jefferson, LA USA The greatest dangers to liberty lurk in insidious encroachment by men of zeal, well-meaning, but without understanding. Justice Louis Brandeis, dissenting, Olmstead v US (1928) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
