Re: ATI Rage 3D Pro AGP with X
Michael B. Taylor wrote:
> On Sat, Aug 15, 1998 at 08:55:13PM -0500, Matthew Myers wrote:
> > Does anyone know how to successfully configure X to run with an ATI Rage 3D
> > Pro AGP?
> >
> > When I try to run X it seems to start okay, but the screen is divided into
> > thirds vertically, and in each section I can only see the far right third of
> > the screen. it scrolls, but show the same thing in each third instead of
> > covering the whole screen.
> >
> > My Setup:
> > All of the following comes from the Official CD with no updates.
> > Debian Linux 1.3.1
> > XF86_Mach64 xserver
> >
> > I have tried the Mach64 server from the CD and even downloaded the last
> > available libc5 version with the same results. Please help me.
> >
> I have a card by that description running pretty successfully under hamm.
> This is a new system, it has never seen bo.
>
> Have you tried steping through all the configured resolutions with
> cntrl-alt-+ or cntrl-alt--? (use the + and - keys on the keypad, not the
> ones near the backspace key). By default, X comes up in the highest
> configured resolution that passes its sanity checks.
>
> Hopefully, the next resolution down looks better. If it does, comment out
> bad modeline in your configuration file and you are set.
>
> HTH
> Mike
I found the answer to my question. After some searching via the web specifying
specifically Rage AGP and xserver I came to some pages that said that SuSE had
developed an xserver that supports the AGP cards. This was my clue that it wasnt
the chipset itself, but the AGP port. After downloading xmach64.tgz from
ftp.suse.de I got the screen to come up fine. Thanks for you help. I hope this
info can be of use to others with the Rage AGP.
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