[XFree86] Supported video card
Since I've been having some problems getting XFree86 to come up properly, I've been wondering if I shouldn't just get a new video card to eliminate the uncertainty of what card to specify in the config file. Two questions: 1. If I say, Chaintech nVidia GeForce MX400 64MB AGP, does anyone break out in hives? Is there a list of video cards that are either very well supported or have been problematic in practice? (erm, Three Questions!) 2. There used to be a configurator program that allowed me to pick video cards, monitors, etc. from lists, but this seems to have been left in the dustbin of CVS. Currently, I am aware of two ways to configure XFree86: A. run XFree86 --reconfigure and hope it does the right thing (which in my case it doesn't), or B. edit the config file by hand, making sure to spell everything right. Is that it, or is there a utility that replaces the old configurator and allows that kind of constrained choice? -jmc ___ XFree86 mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xfree86
Re: [XFree86] Supported video card
John Chandler wrote: Since I've been having some problems getting XFree86 to come up properly, I've been wondering if I shouldn't just get a new video card to eliminate the uncertainty of what card to specify in the config file. Two questions: 1. If I say, Chaintech nVidia GeForce MX400 64MB AGP, does anyone break out in hives? Is there a list of video cards that are either very well supported or have been problematic in practice? (erm, Three Questions!) Can't answer that one, but make sure your mother board has a AGP connector before buying an AGP card. Maybe the reason for buying the PCI version of the SiS card had to do what that? After further investigation, it seems you have either a VIA GA-6VMM or GA-7VMM. These have NO AGP slot. Thomas -- Thomas Winischhofer Vienna/Austria thomas AT winischhofer DOT net *** http://www.winischhofer.net/ twini AT xfree86 DOT org ___ XFree86 mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xfree86
Re: [XFree86] Supported video card
Thomas Winischhofer writes: John Chandler wrote: Since I've been having some problems getting XFree86 to come up properly, I've been wondering if I shouldn't just get a new video card to eliminate the uncertainty of what card to specify in the config file. Two questions: 1. If I say, Chaintech nVidia GeForce MX400 64MB AGP, does anyone break out in hives? Is there a list of video cards that are either very well supported or have been problematic in practice? (erm, Three Questions!) Can't answer that one, but make sure your mother board has a AGP connector before buying an AGP card. Maybe the reason for buying the PCI version of the SiS card had to do what that? After further investigation, it seems you have either a VIA GA-6VMM or GA-7VMM. These have NO AGP slot. Thomas Thank you. I'm now 10x closer to being an expert than I was yesterday. Which says more about yesterday than today. Thanks. -jmc ___ XFree86 mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xfree86
