On Sat, 2 May 1998, Michael wrote:
> Hi again
> First: Thank you all for your suggestions and advice.
> I think I will go for the Matrox Millennium II card. Just a cupple of question:
Just to make things tougher, matrox seems like they are about to release a
new card to replace the mill II (supposedly much faster, but the mII is
already the fastest 2d card).
>
> 1) Do I have to download a driver from somewhere or can I just run Xconfigurator
> to get support for this card.
You can use the version of xfree that came w/ redhat, but support in it is
there just so that people could run x, not really *use* it all the time.
I'd suggest going to ftp.redhat.com/pub/contrib/i386/hurricane and getting
the new rpms (svga server is the one you'll need), they work *much*
better.
> 2) If I can just run Xconfigurator: Will all the options for this card be
> available, like 1024x768 (This one is missing with my S3-card )
Should be!
> 3) Does the number of options available have something to do with the amount of
> RAM on it.
Yes.
> 4) If I have to download a driver: Where can I get it. When I have installed it
> will I have to run Xconfigurator, or can I access the properties another
> way.
Works just the same w/ the newer version of xfree, but setup you card
first, bucause for some reason xconfigurator no longer will start for me
(could anyone help me?).
> 5) Someone wrote that matrox will ship a new card in june which will be much
> better than the Millennium II. How fast can I expect support for this card
> under RH5.0
I'm not sure how long the millII's been out, but I'd say near a year
(maybe?), and it just got good support.
> 6) If I install a driver for a graphics card, can I use it for any WM. I'm using
> KDE, is that a problem
Yes, you can use any wm you want, hey, you could choose to not use one!
>
> Well, thats just about it, maby I'll have to ask some more questions in the
> future, but for now:
> Thank you all for you help !
Sure thing!
Chris
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