Re: X doesn't work with a trio64 on a Alpha Server 2000 4/275
On Fri, Apr 27, 2001 at 08:28:31AM +0100, Philip Kendall wrote:
> On Thu, Apr 26, 2001 at 06:03:56PM -0700, Thierry.BOURRILLON@esca.com wrote:
>
> [Could you make your line lengths a little shorter? About 70 characters
> is normal so they can be quoted without causing wrapping]
>
> > I have this machine newly converted from vms to debian(unstable)
> > but X is awful, the mouse pointer is a big 3cm square. an i can't see
> > nothing else on the screen.
> > XF86Setup just launch an hang.
> >
> > I tried the option no-pci-disconnect in the XF86Config file but nothing
> > changed.
>
> That should be spelt "no_pci_disconnect"; does this help?
Yes, "pci_no_disconnect" often does help with Trio64 cards on the
EV4-based machines. A hang is most often the symptom, as mentioned.
As for the cursor, did you try the "swcursor" option, to avoid using
the hardware cursor code?
And what version of XFree86 are you using?
And are you prepared to do some debugging?
--Jay++
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