Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 8 Nov 1999 13:03:53 -0500 (EST) | From | Chuck Mead <> | Subject | Re: ATI |
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On Mon, 8 Nov 1999, James Simmons said: JS>On Mon, 8 Nov 1999, Ferdinand Prantl wrote: JS> JS>> On Mon, Nov 08, 1999 at 01:37:59AM -0800, Android wrote: JS>> > Where should I go, or who should I ask in getting support JS>> > for the ATI Rage Fury video card? XF86Setup does not list JS>> > any compatible card in the Video Card section, and just JS>> > hangs if I try to select any other video card. The Rage Fury JS>> > is compatible with the XPert-128, but that card isn't listed, either. JS>> > ATI's website (www.atitech.com) only offers support for JS>> > Windows 9x and Windows NT - no Unix of any kind. JS>> JS>> If you don't want to use vesa framebuffer you can try SuSE X Server JS>> (http://www.suse.de/en/support/xsuse/) for Rage 128 chip. JS>> To have XF86Setup with its support you have to download SuSE JS>> version from this page too. You can read about it there. JS>> They're for SuSE 6.2 but should work with RedHats too. JS>> JS>> Besides, I tried it (Debian 2.1 - slink, glibc 2.0) and X Server JS>> and also XF86 Setup hanged without saying anything. So I have to live JS>> with framebuffer with annoying 60 Hz refresh :-( JS> JS> Their is ATI Rage 128 framebuffer driver in 2.3.26 now :)
Any way to apply that framebuffer driver to 2.2.12?
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