Re: Help with X using ATI pci card?

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

On Thu, Aug 14, 2003 at 10:40:58AM +0200, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
> It could be a Xclaim3D. AFAIK these were built with either a 3D RAGE II+ (like
> mine) or a 3D RAGE Pro.
> 
> > smaller chip that says "Nexus GA 42601" on it.
> 
> That's probably the firmware ROM. So it contains `Nexus GA' firmware, and is
> probably a Nexus GA ;-)
> 
> BTW, what connectors are there on the card? My Xclaim3D has a 15-pin VGA
> connector and a Mac monitor connector.
> 

The card has a Mac monitor connector and a VGA
connector.  However, both NexusGA cards and Xclaim3D
cards have both these connectors.


> > But then the kernel seem to recognize it
> > as a Mach64 card.  X however recognizes it as both a
> > ATI 3D Rage Pro and a Mach64, witness the X log:
> 
> Mach64 is the name for all ATI 64-bit graphics accelerators. It covers the
> following families:
>   - GX: earliest version, external clockchip and RAMDAC
>   - CT: integrated clockchip and RAMDAC
>   - VT: video extensions
>   - GT: 3D extensions (i.e. 3D RAGE)
>       o GT-B: 3D RAGE II and II+
>       o GT-C: 3D RAGE Pro
>   - LT: for laptops
> 
> > However, r128 X driver does not work on this card
> > and reports "No devices detected".
> 
> Indeed, RAGE 128 is the next generation of ATI, using a 128-bit architecture.
> 
> Gr{oetje,eeting}s,
> 
> 						Geert


So you're using a Xclaim3D card?  Have you
experienced the problems that I am experiences with
mine? (if it really is a Xclaim3D)

Thanks for your help.


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wcrowshaw