Hi! Am Donnerstag, den 09.02.2006, 14:22 -0500 schrieb hcohen14@optonline.net: > I have installed Debian Linux v. 3.1 (sarge) for an Alpha computer system. I am using a DEC Alpha motherboard 164-LX running at 533 MHZ. I have tried using a Matrox Millennium II video card in both MGA and VGA modes and have been getting an xfree86 server crash saying that the "screen is not found". I have also tried an older Trident video card running it in VGA mode with the same error. > > I would like to know which video card is supported for a DEC Alpha by Debian Linux without having to modify the kernel? I am sure that someone is out there who is actually running a system like mine with a working video card? I would like to know the make and model of the card that you are using and the extent to which it works. Hi, I'm running here Debian/testing on a Digital Personal Workstation 500 with xserver-xorg 6.8.2.dfsg.1-11 on a Matrox Millenium card (1280x1024 resolution) hwinfo: Booting GENERIC on Miata using machine vector Miata from SRM platform string : Digital Personal WorkStation 500au Hardware Class: graphics card Model: "Matrox MGA 2164W [Millennium II]" Vendor: pci 0x102b "Matrox Graphics, Inc." Device: pci 0x051b "MGA 2164W [Millennium II]" SubVendor: pci 0x102b "Matrox Graphics, Inc." lspci: VGA compatible controller: Matrox Graphics, Inc. MGA 2164W [Millennium II] > > I am looking ahead for a reply that can be helpful to me in getting this system running in x-windows mode with both the KDE and Gnome desktops. > > -- Jürgen Braun Mail: juergen.b@gmx.net Jabber: jb@jabber.jaybe.dyndns.org ICQ: 49964174
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