Re: Dual Boot Linux/NT and ATI Rage IIc video
*- On 16 Apr, John Gay wrote about "Dual Boot Linux/NT and ATI Rage IIc video"
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[NT stuff I don't know about]
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> Problem 2.
> My system has an ATI Rage IIc video card. I have seen quite a bit of discussion
> concerning this family of cards. When I tried to set up X Window, the Mach 64
> driver offers Rage II and Rage II+, but not Rage IIc. I was looking through the
> XFree web site and thought I had read that the Rage IIc WAS supported. I think
> me CD set may not carry the most current Mach 64 server. I will try to have a
> look around over the weekend for a more up-to-date version. My real question,
Unofficial 3.3.3.1 debs are at
http://master.debian.org/~vincent/xfree-3.3.3.1/. If you use apt(you
should) then add the following line to the top of your sources.list
file and update
deb http://master.debian.org/~vincent xfree-3.3.3.1/
> though is, I plan to get my daughter a cheap PC and set it up as an X terminal,
> from my system. I have, as I said before, an ATI Rage IIc AGP video card in my
> PC. My question is;
> Do I have to put the SAME video card in my daughter's PC to use it as an X
> Terminal?
> Can I just use the same Family of card, I.E. a PCI version of the Rage IIc, or
> even a cheaper Mach 64 type card?
> I know the console, Monitor and Keyboard, work over the remote X Terminal
> set-up, but what about sound?
> I have found a great site for setting up X Terminals, I don't have the URL, but
> I can post it if anyone is interested.
>
The xterminal can use whatever card it wants. A basic setup you would
need for X on the other pc would be xdm, xserver-<chipset> and the
required dependencies. You could even serve the fonts off of your main
pc.
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Brian
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