Re: ATI

James Simmons (jsimmons@edgeglobal.com)
Mon, 8 Nov 1999 10:24:04 -0500 (EST)


On Mon, 8 Nov 1999, Ferdinand Prantl wrote:

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

Their is ATI Rage 128 framebuffer driver in 2.3.26 now :)

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