Re: Is my video card compatible with Linux?

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From: V.V.Sagar
Date: Tue, 30 Mar 1999 00:00

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In article <36FC5D12.BAEE5B8F@sympatico.ca>,
  kevin.kavanagh@sympatico.ca wrote:
> Hi
>
>   Tomorrow I'm going to install Linux Red Hat 5.2 and I would like to
> know before I install it, if my video card is compatible. My video card
> is a S3 Vision 864 with 2 Mb.
>
> Thanks for your help!
>
> Kevin Kavanagh
> kevin.kavanagh@sympatico.ca
> kevin@mediom.qc.ca
>
>
Hello,

 S3 864 is very much supported by XFree86. Make sure that you have the
 S3 server installed (normally you will link this server to /usr/X11/bin/X).

 And a friendly advice - You have given two mail-ids with you signature.
 It is an open inivitation for spam - and believe me spam is pain ;-)

Sagar.

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"Bureaucracy".  Everybody stands in a circle.  The first person to do
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Subject: Re: Is my video card compatible with Linux?
Date: 1999/03/30
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