Re: S3 Video Card with Redhat 4.1

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From: David Gibson
Date: Mon, 12 May 1997 00:00

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Paul Colquhoun (paulcol+news@pac.tpgi.com.au) wrote:
: In article <5l67br$3hc@saturn.ipax.com.au>, rod@ipax.com.au (Roddy
: Strachan) wrote:

: |Hi,
: |        I am planning on installing redhat 4.1 on my PC, i have an S3 
: |Video Card, it is :
: |PCI 2 Meg Trio 64+ version would that work fine with Xwindows????

: Why not? Mine does. (PCI Diamond Stealth video 2001)

: XFree86 even has specific support for my card in the version supplied with
: RH4.1 but even if they don't list your specific card, the generic S3
: support works just as well.

On account of how Diamond have a habit of making a whole bunch of completely
different cards, sometimes with the same names as each other. There are at
least two versions of the Diamond Stealth 64 DRAM, that I know of, which
different chipsets on board.

Nonetheless, I think the Trio 64 based one will work.

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From: david@brucehall20.anu.edu.au (David Gibson)
Subject: Re: S3 Video Card with Redhat 4.1
Date: 1997/05/12
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