Re: [newbie] Video card question?
Yeah, i think i have the same problem i can't access my gui (i have lnx4win) all i get is a fatal error no screen found error when i type startx. How do i configure my startx so i can detect my card. I also have a voodoo(3)card(pci) and a i810 disabled . - Original Message - From: "Robin Regennitter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, January 25, 2001 1:19 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] Video card question? > On Sunday 03 December 2000 06:56, you wrote: > > Mandrake v7.2 doesnt always get automagically. There seems to be a thing > with XFdrake distinguishing between AGP and PCI. I have a built in i810 and > I have installed both PCI Voodoo3 2000 and PCI ATI All in Wonder in seperates > times. At first I thought it was a problem with Voodoo, but then when I got > ATI, the same thing had occurred. XFdrake keeps detecting the i810 even > though in my BIOS set up, my primary video is the PCI slot and the AGP is > disabled. I know for a fact that both video cards are supported by XFree > 4.0.1. I tried to do xf86config but it couldnt find the device. I dont have > a problem with my setup in Window ME. Does anyone have any suggestions or > solution? > > Thanks Rob > > > Hmm, okay...I'm a little confused now. I thought that with Xfree 4.01 and > > Mandrake v7.2, if your video card is supported, then you get automagically > > installed hardware acceleration? Is that not right? > > > > Another question; I'm thinking about upgrading soon. Any issues with Via > > 133 and AMD 751 chipsets? Tyan motherboards? Thanks, all! ;-) >
Re: [newbie] Video card question?
On Sunday 03 December 2000 06:56, you wrote: Mandrake doesnt always autodetect the videocard. I have a built in i810 videochip and Mandrake has detected that with no prob. I've tried voodoo3 PCI after 7.2 came out and XFDrake get so tied up with i810 and it wouldnt detect my PCI video card. I just bought ATI all in wonder and the same thing had occurred. XFDrake seems to have a problem with distinguishing AGP and PCI, and it certainly doesnt read my BIOS settings. In my BIOS setting, I have enable my PCI video as my primary and disabled my AGP built-in chip. and XFDrake still says I have an i810 and nothing else. It seems to me it's a dirty bug in XFDrake for those who have i810 and wants PCI. Does anyone have a solution? Rob > Hmm, okay...I'm a little confused now. I thought that with Xfree 4.01 and > Mandrake v7.2, if your video card is supported, then you get automagically > installed hardware acceleration? Is that not right? > > Another question; I'm thinking about upgrading soon. Any issues with Via > 133 and AMD 751 chipsets? Tyan motherboards? Thanks, all! ;-)
Re: [newbie] Video card question?
On Sunday 03 December 2000 06:56, you wrote: Mandrake v7.2 doesnt always get automagically. There seems to be a thing with XFdrake distinguishing between AGP and PCI. I have a built in i810 and I have installed both PCI Voodoo3 2000 and PCI ATI All in Wonder in seperates times. At first I thought it was a problem with Voodoo, but then when I got ATI, the same thing had occurred. XFdrake keeps detecting the i810 even though in my BIOS set up, my primary video is the PCI slot and the AGP is disabled. I know for a fact that both video cards are supported by XFree 4.0.1. I tried to do xf86config but it couldnt find the device. I dont have a problem with my setup in Window ME. Does anyone have any suggestions or solution? Thanks Rob > Hmm, okay...I'm a little confused now. I thought that with Xfree 4.01 and > Mandrake v7.2, if your video card is supported, then you get automagically > installed hardware acceleration? Is that not right? > > Another question; I'm thinking about upgrading soon. Any issues with Via > 133 and AMD 751 chipsets? Tyan motherboards? Thanks, all! ;-)
Re: [newbie] Video card question?
Well, the neato clock at the graphical login screen goes haywire. Some of the KDE games don't work right or at all. Uh, there are a few others but I can't remember them right now. Nothing pivotal really. Atleast as far as my usage goes. I don't know what applications you use regularly though. Since I can't remember which ones Don't work, I'll list some that DO work ;-) netscape 4.76 and 6 Opera 4.2b XMMS Konqueror emacs Xemacs The Gimp Staroffice RealPlayer Yahoo messenger LICQ GKrellm Koffice GQview Xaos quake3 UT Civilisation: call to power various image viewers, movie players, networking tools etc I use windowmaker which works great Linuxconf Drakconf pico yea Abe "Ronald J. Hall" wrote: > > abe wrote: > > > > > Doing this breaks some of the neat things that mandrake does and some of > > the applications that are installed. Fine with me as long as I can play > > Quake3! Hope this helps Paul. Feel free to ask more questions if there > > was something you were interested in that I missed. > > > > Abe > > Hmm. Okay, what "neat things" and "applications" are you talking about? > > Thanks! ;-) > > -- > >/\ >Dark>\/
Re: [newbie] Video card question?
sure, why not. I have a voodoo5. I use the drivers from http://linux.3dfx.com. They have a very nice step by step on that website with the files that you need right there. Here are my major steps. 1. download files: in my case those are: tdfx_dri-4.0.1-1.i386.rpm tdfx_drm-1.0-3.src.rpm Glide_V5-3.10-2.i386.rpm 2. remove all rpms related to Glide or 3dfx 3. exit X (I boot to init3 so I just log out of windowmaker and I am at a command prompt.) and log in as root. 4. cd /etc/X11 and change name of existing XF86Config-4 file to XF86Config-4.old 5. rpm -Uvh Glide_V5-3.10-2.i386.rpm 6. rpm -Uvh tdfx_dri-4.0.1-1.i386.rpm 7. rpm --rebuild tdfx_drm-1.0-3.src.rpm Sometimes I have to --force and/or --nodeps one of the three packages. 8. cd /usr/src/RPM/RPMS/i686 rpm -Uvh tdfx_drm-1.0-3.i686.rpm 9. cd /etc/X11 and change all settings in XF86Config.dri.ex to reflect the entries in XF86Config-4.old (specifically monitor refresh rates, mouse settings and font paths) then cp XF86Config.dri.ex XF86Config-4 10. startx (at which point everything works theoretically) Doing this breaks some of the neat things that mandrake does and some of the applications that are installed. Fine with me as long as I can play Quake3! Hope this helps Paul. Feel free to ask more questions if there was something you were interested in that I missed. Abe Paul R wrote: > > If it's not a whole how-to (i.e. just a few lines), may I ask what steps > you took. I was asking purely for my own (&the list's) edification, so > if it's too much trouble, it's ok. > > -Paul R > > abe wrote: > > > Unfortunately you do not automagically get hardware acceleration w x > > 4.0.1 and mandrake 7.2. I had to use the same procedures to make it > > work that I used with 7.0 and 7.1. > > > > I've got an A7V (Via KT13) and linux works great on it. > > > > Abe > > > > > > "Ronald J. Hall" wrote: > > > >> Hmm, okay...I'm a little confused now. I thought that with Xfree 4.01 and > >> Mandrake v7.2, if your video card is supported, then you get automagically > >> installed hardware acceleration? Is that not right? > >> > >> Another question; I'm thinking about upgrading soon. Any issues with Via 133 > >> and AMD 751 chipsets? Tyan motherboards? Thanks, all! ;-) > >> > >> -- > >> > >>/\ > >>Dark> >>\/ > > > > __ > > Do You Yahoo!? > > Talk to your friends online with Yahoo! Messenger. > > http://im.yahoo.com
Re: [newbie] Video card question?
On Sunday 03 December 2000 15:56, you wrote: > Hmm, okay...I'm a little confused now. I thought that with Xfree 4.01 and > Mandrake v7.2, if your video card is supported, then you get automagically > installed hardware acceleration? Is that not right? It is correct if your video card is decent hardware, but there are a host of cards we expected XFree 4.01 to support where the support is sadly lacking, such as the SiS 530/620 and the 6326 which will work accelerated under 3.3.6 but NOT under 4.01 (ghosts, noise, etc., even without acceleration) One thing that is certain, acceleration is likely to work only at 16-bit color depth. Changing the resolution to a different color depth WILL break it. Civileme > > Another question; I'm thinking about upgrading soon. Any issues with Via > 133 and AMD 751 chipsets? Tyan motherboards? Thanks, all! ;-) Well, the combination of WD 7200 rpm drives and VIA 133, both KX and KT chipsets seems suspect.Furthermore, special procedures are needed to install using the ASUS K7V because the ATA/100 Promise on-board controller is not initially recognized (see the newbie archives for the steps given by gshaw).
Re: [newbie] Video card question?
Unfortunately you do not automagically get hardware acceleration w x 4.0.1 and mandrake 7.2. I had to use the same procedures to make it work that I used with 7.0 and 7.1. I've got an A7V (Via KT13) and linux works great on it. Abe "Ronald J. Hall" wrote: > > Hmm, okay...I'm a little confused now. I thought that with Xfree 4.01 and > Mandrake v7.2, if your video card is supported, then you get automagically > installed hardware acceleration? Is that not right? > > Another question; I'm thinking about upgrading soon. Any issues with Via 133 > and AMD 751 chipsets? Tyan motherboards? Thanks, all! ;-) > > -- > >/\ >Dark>\/
Re: [newbie] Video card question?
On Sun, 3 Dec 2000, Ronald J. Hall wrote: >Hmm, okay...I'm a little confused now. I thought that with Xfree 4.01 and >Mandrake v7.2, if your video card is supported, then you get automagically >installed hardware acceleration? Is that not right? Depends. If you upgrade from 3.3.6. a copy of the old XF86Config is used. If acceleration is off in there, you need to set it on by hand: option "accel" or something like that Paul -- I would only believe in a god that loves to dance. (Zarathustra) http://nlpagan.net - ICQ 147208 - Registered Linux User 174403 Linux Mandrake 7.2 - Pine 4.30
