I have had sucess using the ViRGE chipset with X. The latest release 3.2 supports this card, and is available in the Debian packages. 3.2A is an accelerated driver also now available, and is what I use with my ViRGE chip. However the 3.2A servers only come in binary form (therefore no debian packages are available yet, with good reason) and are still somewhat unstable. The video card I have used with this is a Diamond Stealth 2000 3D with 2 MB ram.
As far as the Matrox card goes, I would find out which one it is, and what chipset it is using, because I have heard a few of the newer cards aren't supported yet. You can find out more details of what is supported at www.xfree86.org, because the 1995 howto that you had found seems pretty old. Dennis On Sat, 15 Mar 1997, Robert D. Hilliard wrote: > I am about to buy a new machine. Gateway 2000 is attractive, but > it uses a 2mb Matrox card (model not specified, and the salesman > doesn't know) standard, and offers STB ViRGE /VX 4 and 8 mb cards as > options. The latest Hardware-HOWTO I have found (v6969, 14 November > 1995) doesn't list these cards as being supported in XFree86. > > Does anyone have any experience running these cards under X? > > What does "ViRGE" mean? It is printed with a trade mark symbol > following it, as if it is proprietary, but I notice several brands of > cards use it in their model names. > > Bob > > ================================================================= | dpk | | | DECS, Systems Undergrad | It is better for them to think you | =========================== a fool, than to open your mouth | | work: 353.8892 | and prove it. -Mark Twain | | page: 253.0724 | | =================================================================
