Re: Help with X using ATI pci card?

["W. Crowshaw" <wcrowshaw@yahoo.com>]

Thomas,

Thanks for your help.  However, I didn't take the
card bus ID from lspci but from 'cat /proc/pci".
Besides the ID is good because the computer does
send signals to the moniter through the card at that
busID because I do get really distorted crosshatched
craziness for a picture.

Perhaps I should use a newer server, but I thought I
could use 4.1.0.1 of debian stable because the card
was build in 1997 and surely, I reasoned, has been
supported by this time.  Besides if I wanted
something newer I wouldn't be running debian.

I also can't use the xvidtune because, when do some
random combination of configuration I get a picture,
there is no X cursor to select the buttons on the
xvidtune.

Additionally, I tried auto-generating from
xf86config as well and those configurations don't
work.  Yours is the first success story I have ever
heard of someone successfully using xf86config. 
Its utterly remarkable to me that it gets installed
at all on X for the powerpc, because its never
worked for my machines.

Thanks for your help.  If you have any other hints
for me I would happily try them out.


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wcrowshaw