lemieuxsimon wrote:
[snip]
>
> Thanks for the reply! So I would just need to add the glide drivers for the 3D
> card? Simple after all... I'll run linux with my own video card wich will give
> me the refresh rate and timings for the screen and then I'll add the driver and
> switch the cards in the machine!
Yes and no. Make sure you select r128 first for your driver in the
XF86Config file. After you get the basics working (640x480) in X
windows then install the glide drivers. There is an install program for
glide (comes in the tarball). Still runs in 640x480. To get higher
resolution you need to again modify the config file to meet your monitor
specs. Pay attention to the section "Monitor" and section "Display".
You'll see what I mean.
Attached is my config file. It took me about a week (actually more) to
figure this junk out. I'm more than happy to show how I got this sucker
working. Hopefully other's fighting these guys can use this as an
example. Heck, I might even put it on my web site. Talk about no plug
and pray :D
>
> > Next time I'm going to purchase a GEForce card. Reading the docs from
> > their web site it's much easier and not such a chore to setup.
>
> Yeah, but they cost a lot... I will buy a voodoo3 2000... cheap, effective and
> it's supported as hell on linux!
Voodoo3 3000 is the card I bought last year to replace the ATI Rage Fury
32. Couldn't get it to work last year as no drivers were available.
Thought I'd give them one last chance. At least I learned alot from the
experience. Figured I could always go back to the Voodoo 3 3000 and
give my kids the ATI if it really didn't work :D
Let me know if you have any questions about the attachment or whatever
:-) I'd be happy to help.
Frank
www.xmission.com/~dmacleod
>
> Thanks,
> Simon Lemieux
>
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There is nothing wrong with
WINDOWS 2000
that Linux couldn't fix
Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "XFree86 Configured"
Screen 0 "Screen0" 0 0
InputDevice "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
EndSection
Section "Files"
EndSection
Section "Module"
Load "extmod"
Load "xie"
Load "pex5"
Load "glx"
Load "dri"
Load "GLcore"
Load "dbe"
Load "record"
EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Keyboard0"
Driver "keyboard"
EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Mouse0"
Driver "mouse"
Option "Protocol" "IMPS/2"
Option "Device" "/dev/mouse"
EndSection
Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Monitor0"
VendorName "Monitor Vendor"
ModelName "Monitor Model"
HorizSync 31.5-57.0
VertRefresh 50-90
ModeLine "1024x768" 75.00 1024 1048 1184 1328 768 771 777 806 -hsync -vsync
EndSection
Section "Device"
### Available Driver options are:-
#Option "NoAccel"
#Option "SWcursor"
#Option "HWcursor"
#Option "Dac6Bit"
Option "Dac8Bit"
#Option "UseFBDev"
Identifier "ATI Rage 128 RF"
Driver "r128"
VendorName "ATI"
BoardName "Rage 128 RF"
BusID "PCI:1:0:0"
EndSection
Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen0"
Device "ATI Rage 128 RF"
Monitor "Monitor0"
DefaultColorDepth 24
SubSection "Display"
Depth 8
Modes "1024x768"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 15
Modes "1024x768"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 16
Modes "1024x768"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 24
Modes "1024x768"
EndSubSection
EndSection
Section "DRI"
EndSection
