🚀 go-pugleaf

On Wed, 11 Sep 1996 19:15:05 GMT, mdarouga@chat.carleton.ca <mdarouga@chat.carleton.ca> wrote:
>I have linux 1.2.8

Actually, the version of XFree86 you're running is probably of more
interest.

>and I change my video card to Trident TVGA 9440AGI
>pci video card one meag   (up to 2 ) I can not get to xwindows....

Hmm, that rings a bell... (rummage, rummage)

Here's an extract from the latest XFree RELNOTES file:


 | 8.8.  Trident driver (SVGA server)
 |
 |    o  Known problems with TGUI9440 cards have been fixed (including
 |       interlaced modes).


This is XFree86 3.1.2G (beta), which is only a few days old. The
previous stable beta ('E') expired on 1st September, but G should
be good for a few months.

You can get binaries locally on ftp.physics.usyd.edu.au.

Incidently, I run an S3 (Trio64V+) myself using the accelerator driver
for S3 cards. It runs reasonably well, but ever few hours the server
will dump back to the prompt, and FreeBSD (which I run on this particular
machine) complains of malloc arena corruption. So - you take your risks
with betaware. :-(  The erstwhile 'E' beta was pretty damn stable in
comparison. But - if you're like me and your card isn't supported as at
the last release - then there's little choice, really, other than not to
un X at all. If you call that a choice. :)

Regards,
David