Re: PCI Video Cards
I have an idea.
If you run the app xviddetect on a mac linux box it shows you the pci
devices it can see.
It can see any pci devices and they don't have to be made for mac, I know
this because I have 2 additional nics in my 8500, one generic Realtek 8029
and a Digital Decchip 21142. Neither of these works under mac os, they both
work fine under linux.
As I understand it now (having just got accelerated X to work on a Blue &
White G3) its actually X not the kernel that needs to have a driver to
support a pci video card to get accelerated video in X.
So I'm thinking why not just throw any non-mac PCI video card that has
drivers in X into the box and try to get X to use it for accelerated video?
In theory i should be able to have 2 displays this way, one for accelerated
X and the original one. Having got familiar with XF86config it looks as
though you can specify any video card and monitor in there.
Can someone who knows tell me whether this might work and if so what PC PCI
video card i should get (ie. what works well on an i386 box)?
Rolf Schatzmann
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> From: Stewart Smith <stewart@softhome.net>
> Date: Tue, 02 Jan 2001 15:53:07 +1100
> To: Rolf Schatzmann <rolf@radiowan.net.au>, debianppc list
> <debian-powerpc@lists.debian.org>
> Subject: Re: PCI Video Cards
>
> I have a Voodoo 3 and it only works if i tick the "no video driver" box in
> BootX. The linux kernel drivers are (were at 2.4test11 at least)
> incompatible with a Voodoo3 flashed with the Mac ROM image (off 3dfx's
> site).
>
> however, YMMV
>
> nVidia is roumoured to be announcing Mac Cards soon (and these may well work
> with Linux on PPC - but we may have to wait (or try it if you can)).
>
> report your findings back - i may be in the market for a good 3d/2d card
> that will work properly under linux too
>
> on 2/1/01 12:34 PM, Rolf Schatzmann at rolf@radiowan.net.au wrote:
>
>> Can someone clarify this for me. If I am running debian on a Blue and White
>> can I use any PCI video card that is supported by the kernel including the
>> ones designed for PC's or is there still a limitation somewhere in the mac
>> hardware?
>>
>>
>> Rolf Schatzmann
>> Director of Operations
>> Eftel Radio Trading as Radiowan
>> Office: 08 9386 5555
>> Fax: 08 93868200
>> Mob: 0410 577 664
>>
>> Radiowan - Biggest Pipes, lowest Prices.
>>
>> Get a 128K Internet Connection with burst to 384K for a fraction of the cost
>> of ISDN.
>>
>> Link multiple Metro or Regional sites with our VPN connections.
>>
>>
>>
>>
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