Hi Jay,Thanks for the quick response. Alas, I have tried different PCI slots with no luck. If I try using one of the 64-bit slots then the machine does not boot, with a message from the SRM bios saying there is an "illegal device" or something like that. So the machine will only boot with the s3virge card in a 32-bit slot.
The requirement for the "BusID" parameter came after upgrading to sarge from woody. Prior to that, the card that came with the machine worked using the "tga" driver without the need for the BusID param. After that, the BusID line was required for X4.3 to work with the existing tga card (error message was: " TGA: No matching Device section for instance (BusID PCI:0:12:0) found") and was required for X4.3 to even begin starting up with the s3virge card. Incidentally, the existing card was installed in a 64-bit slot, so this BusID thing does not appear to depend on the slot which the card is installed in. It seems more likely to be something which has changed between the different versions of X in woody and sarge.
I should also say that I tested this card in a Windoze machine and in a Pentium-based debian PC and it worked fine, so there is no problem there.
Thanks for the recommendation re good cards. This comes a bit late for me :-)
Cheers, Randall. Jay Estabrook wrote:
On Fri, Mar 04, 2005 at 03:07:22PM +1100, Randall Wayth wrote:BusID "PCI:1:10:0"I think, if you had to put this line in, that the card is behind a PCI/PCI bridge, which may hinder its correct operation. Try moving the card to one of the 2 64-bit slots; they are in front of the bridge and should prove no problem. I'll also second the opinion of moving to a different card, as S3 ViRGe has never been truly stable on Alpha... Matrox Millennia are fine, as are most ATI Radeons, though I'd stay away from the 7000/VE.a Good luck. --Jay++ --------------------------------------------------------------- Jay A Estabrook HPTC - LINUX support Hewlett-Packard Company - ZKO2-3/N30 (603) 884-0301 110 Spit Brook Road, Nashua NH 03062 Jay.Estabrook@hp.com ---------------------------------------------------------------