Re: X whacking monitor
On Monday 03 February 2003 17:30, Jonathan Matthews wrote:
> On Mon, Feb 03, 2003 at 12:51:53PM -0500, Mike M wrote:
> [snip]
>
> > This is also known as the Trident 9880 chip. It is on a Jaton 107AGP
> > card.
>
> [snip]
>
> > I might be swapping out the Trident video cards for something else if the
> > problems persist.
> > Mike M.
>
> Mike -
>
> I think the prevailing wisdom when I enquired about this chip was "get
> another card"! It's a joke of a chip, with the only advantages being
> hardware functions that aren't (yet) available in linux. Something
> like video units or 3d something-or-others that are just dead silicon
> under linux.
>
I saw on the XFree86 list the the 3D acelerator is not working yet on the
chip. Evidently this is important to gamers. I also saw someone mention
that X 3 and X 4.2 works better with the card than X 4.1
> Yes, it works. Just not very well.
Describes my experience. I am using X 4.1.
>
> If it wasn't soldered onto the d*mn motherboard, I'd have it straight
> out of there. If you have the option, because it's on a card, just
> dump it and get something decent.
Yup. Not looking forward to changing X or a video card. Changing the card
seems to more prudent move, especially since it's been labeled as a "joke".
I did remove the DPMS option from XF85Config-4. I found some hints this
could stabilize things.
>
> As far as I recall, it was being touted for mobile use because of
> integrated video stuff and low power - not differentiators that you're
> /really/ looking for in a desktop system, so $DEITY only knows why
> it's on my mobo! Grr.
I wonder if it can be disabled in the BIOS and then use a PCI card? Is there
an AGP slot? I was able to override a mobo NIC with a PCI NIC once.
--
Mike M.
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