[NTLUG:Discuss] A Video question

[Ervin, James]

Whoops. After, installing the rpm. You need to delete the Xfree SVGA server
from /usr/X11R6/bin and create a symlink between the ATI server and SVGA
server.  The web page covers this a lot better than I can.

James

-----Original Message-----
From: Ervin, James [mailto:JamesErvin at hmhs.com]
Sent: Wednesday, November 03, 1999 8:42 AM
To: 'discuss at ntlug.org'
Subject: RE: [NTLUG:Discuss] A Video question


Ali,

I have an ATI Rage 128 AGP card and got it to work with RedHat 6.0 and 6.1.

Your friend might take a look at the following web page:
http://www4.ncsu.edu/~distclai/rage128-howto.html

I'm not sure if his exact card is covered, but the site may help.

I installed a SuSE ATI server, xrage.rpm, (there's a link to it on the web
site above), then ran Xconfigurator --expert,
chose the SVGA server, set up X, and then ran Xconfigurator again to fine
tune. It was a little bit of a hassle but it
works. Also, if your friend decides to upgrade to RedHat 6.0 or 6.1, he can
do so using text mode and then set up the card
afterwards.

I believe there's been some talk of the next version of XFree supporting a
broader range, and maybe all, of the ATI cards.

Good luck.

James  

 

-----Original Message-----
From: Ali Naddaf [mailto:Ali.Naddaf at ttimail.com]
Sent: Monday, November 01, 1999 3:11 PM
To: discuss at ntlug.org
Subject: [NTLUG:Discuss] A Video question


Hi everyone.
A friend of mine has recently installed Redhat 5.1. He has a problem running
and configuring X on his machine. I don't have access to his machine (he
lives somewhere else) but here is the info he gave me: he has ati 3D Rage
IIc AGP video card and he has configured it to something that I am not sure:
he said he has configured it to ATI Xpert at Play PCI and AGP, 3D Rage Pro
XF86_Mach64. He then sent me the image of his screen which you can view at 
http://www.math.lsa.umich.edu/~naddaf/linux.jpg
Does any one  have any quick solution? I guess he has configured it
incorrectly so is there anyone out there with the same video card?
Many thanks, Ali.


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