🚀 go-pugleaf

It is time to get an upgrade card for your Linux box.

...Seeing that you are using a Cirrus Logic chipset, it is likely that you
can only see 256 colors, rather than millions.  The video memory is also
not enough to support a reasonable frame rate.  You should have at LEAST 2
MB dedicated to frame buffering, and another 2 MB dedicated to color
conversion.  Also, older cards, such as Opti cards, for example, which
only come with 1 MB of video memory in the 930 series, have too slow of
memory to deal with the video processing, despite if you had 4 MB of the
old VRAM on the card, instead of two.  In other words, more memory is not
the solution, unless it is a faster type of memory.  I have Rambus memory
on mine, which is among the fastest that you can find, but I am plagued
with the 356 color dilemma, because I have Cirrus Logic 5464 chipset.  It
is time now to move to the unreplacable Diamond Stealth series, such as
the new generation of Diamond cards. 

Have fun, and spend more money!  Even Creative Labs carries its own
leprechauns, despite its excellent reputation in audio signal
processors--pardon the Irish humor.  The AWE64 is Gold in audio, but
Creative Labs gets tin in the video market, concerning the Linux support. 

Cheers,

Win

kalfahs@phys-next1.physics.wisc.edu

 On Tue, 25 Nov 1997, Scott wrote: 
> Date: Tue, 25 NOV 1997 18:49:20 +1100 > From: Scott
<scooter2@geocities.com> > Newgroups: alt.linux, alt.os.linux,
aus.computers.linux, > comp.os.linux.setup > Subject: XWindows Help !!  >
> I have just set up a Lunux system using the slackware distribution.  I >
installed the packages for the X windows system and I have run the >
configuration utility.  When i type in startx, it comes up with the >
following message; > > FATAL SERVER ERROR > NO VALID MODES FOUND > GIVING
UP > > XINIT: CONNECTION REFUSED (ERRNO 111) :UNABLE TO CONNECT TO X
SERVER > XINIT: NO SUCH PROCESS (ERRNO 3): SERVER ERROR > > I am using the
following video hardware; > Cirrus Logic cgld5422 > Video memory = 1024 >
svga 800*600 > > any help would be appreciated !! > > Scott >
Scooter2@geocities.com
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