On Monday 03 February 2003 17:30, Jonathan Matthews wrote: > On Mon, Feb 03, 2003 at 12:51:53PM -0500, Mike M wrote: > [snip] > > > This is also known as the Trident 9880 chip. It is on a Jaton 107AGP > > card. > > [snip] > > > I might be swapping out the Trident video cards for something else if the > > problems persist. > > Mike M. > > Mike - > > I think the prevailing wisdom when I enquired about this chip was "get > another card"! It's a joke of a chip, with the only advantages being > hardware functions that aren't (yet) available in linux. Something > like video units or 3d something-or-others that are just dead silicon > under linux. >
I saw on the XFree86 list the the 3D acelerator is not working yet on the chip. Evidently this is important to gamers. I also saw someone mention that X 3 and X 4.2 works better with the card than X 4.1 > Yes, it works. Just not very well. Describes my experience. I am using X 4.1. > > If it wasn't soldered onto the d*mn motherboard, I'd have it straight > out of there. If you have the option, because it's on a card, just > dump it and get something decent. Yup. Not looking forward to changing X or a video card. Changing the card seems to more prudent move, especially since it's been labeled as a "joke". I did remove the DPMS option from XF85Config-4. I found some hints this could stabilize things. > > As far as I recall, it was being touted for mobile use because of > integrated video stuff and low power - not differentiators that you're > /really/ looking for in a desktop system, so $DEITY only knows why > it's on my mobo! Grr. I wonder if it can be disabled in the BIOS and then use a PCI card? Is there an AGP slot? I was able to override a mobo NIC with a PCI NIC once. -- Mike M. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
