Re: Voodoo3 at more than 8bpp?
Hi there,
Voodoo 3 should run fine under 3.3.6, I wouldn't mess with 4
just yet! Can you send me your XF86Config file privately and I'll take a
look? It's in /etc/X11.
Regards JohnG
ps. You shuld get 8bpp, 16bpp and 24bpp resolutions no prob!
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On 16 Mar 2000, Stephen Zander wrote:
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> Does anyone have a Voodoo3 card that they're running in 16bpp or 24bpp
> mode? I bought one yesterday and couldn't get X 3.3.6 to come up even
> in 8bpp. I get characters written all over the screen as though
> something's not setting the card mode correctly.
>
> XFree86 4.0 does work in 8bpp but again produces character dumps for
> higer bpp. It also produces a nice /red or green border on the
> right-hand side of this image with resolutions > 1280x1024.
>
> Any config snippets/tips/etc appreciated. BTW, win9x has never been
> near this card; is there some install step I missed?
>
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