Re: Does Linux (and Xfree86) work with Diamond Stealth 64 Video

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From: Tim Oosterbroek
Date: Mon, 31 Jul 1995 00:00

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cyberwiz@magna.com.au (Nicholas) wrote:
>Hi Guys, I am trying to decide whether to install Linux and Xfree on my Asus 
>Pentium 90 machine. The only thing that makes me hesitate is that my card 
>is a brand new 
>Diamond Stealth 64 Video 2mb VRAM PCI - which uses an s3Vision968 chip.
>
>I looked at the FAQ's and documentation, and this chip is not officially 
>supported in XFree 3.1.1, though the earlier s3 chips are. It suggests that it 
>will recognise the s3 968 (which is not quite mine), though behaviour is 
>unknown.
>
>Questions are:
>1. Has anyone else out there have any experience with this card and Linux, or 
>otherwise know if it will work?
>2. Will Xfree 3.1.2 officially support my video card?
>
>Thanks in advance.

-- 

I do not have this card, but a friend of mine has, and I helped him to
configure X. As far as I know it works fine with Xfree3.1.1u2 (note the u2), so
I suppose it will work with higher versions of Xfree.


Tim
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From: Tim Oosterbroek <tim@astro.uva.nl>
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Date: 1995/07/31
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