[NTLUG:Discuss] Red Hat 6.1 and video card suggestions

[Kelly Scroggins]

Kevin Brannen wrote:

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> > In xterm, the entire window is the same color as the text.  You cannot
> > see the text no matter how you configure the colors.

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> >
> > I'm tired of dealing with this video card.  It never seems to work right
> > no matter what Xserver I use. I'm just gonna buy another one.
> 
> Uh, what card is it?

Diamond speedstar a50.  8MB, PCI.

> 
> What server are you using?  

svga

> And what depth (in bit planes) are you
> using?

16

> 
> Are you sure you're not running out of color cells in your color map?

I have no idea.  How can I find out?

> (Try using "xcmap" to see what you're using.  If you are NOT using them
> all, some of the cells at the bottom should be black upon start up.)

What is "xcmap" and how do I use it?

> 
> What happens if you force an xterm's colors with "xterm -fg white -bg
> black"?  (Put that in your .xinitrc)  (*All* X servers should always
> have those 2 colors.)  If this fails too, then I would suspect hardware
> or a severe configuration problem.  If this works, then it's definitely
> just configuration, not hardware, IMHO.

Sounds logical.  I'll try that.  But I didn't have this problem with
RH6.0.  I had to do a lot of configuration with rh6.0 because the
Xserver was supposed to support my card but there was a bug.  So it
didn't work well until I 'tweaked' it.

I know there's some cards out there that perform better.  I don't need
to run any thing demanding.  Like games.

> My ATI XPression+ board (PCI, w/ 4M, a Mach 64 chip) does quite well,
> and is in that price range last I looked.  And I am assuming they're
> still made since it's been a few months since I looked. :-)
> 
> HTH,
> Kevin

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