Re: newbie has graphics card problem
Quickest way is to upgrade your xserver.
Ron Rademaker wrote:
> > I have a Diamond Viper 770 but Slink (XF86Setup) doesn't have a profile for this. Has anyone been able to get X running on these if so could you drop me a copy of the chip, ramdac and driver used for these.
> > One other problem how do you tell which port your mouse is attached to ie. tty0, tty2 etc. I can't seem to find the right one.
> > Is there a command in bash that can autodetect this ?
> > Thanks in advance.
> >
> > Douglas Hunter
> >
>
> I also have the Diamond Viper 770, I couldn't get it to work under Slink
> either (but there are drivers for NVidia RIVA TNT2 card that you can
> download from www.nvidia.com, perhaps they work), if you install Potato
> however and run xf86config it works (at least with me). Just as soon as
> you get the question if you want to take a look at the cards database
> answer no, don't select any Clockchip and don't let xf86config probe your
> clocksetting. That way all X works fine with me.
>
> To find out where your mouse is at you could run gpmconfig, that should
> find it (at least, as long as you don't own a usb mouse... that won't work
> with any stable kernel, perhaps you can get it to work with a 2.3.xx
> kernel they should have usb support).
>
> Ron
>
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