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Started by Nicholas
Sun, 30 Jul 1995 00:00
Does Linux (and Xfree86) work with Diamond Stealth 64 Video
Author: Nicholas
Date: Sun, 30 Jul 1995 00:00
Date: Sun, 30 Jul 1995 00:00
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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.
Re: Does Linux (and Xfree86) work with Diamond Stealth 64 Video
Author: Tim Oosterbroek
Date: Mon, 31 Jul 1995 00:00
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 | Tim Oosterbroek | Internet: tim@astro.uva.nl | Astronomical Institute | Phone: 020 5257467 | University of Amsterdam | FAX: +31 20 5257484 | Kruislaan 403 | WWW: | 1098 SJ Amsterdam | http://www.astro.uva.nl/tim
Re: Does Linux (and Xfree86) work with Diamond Stealth 64 Video
Author: Mark Lord
Date: Mon, 31 Jul 1995 00:00
Date: Mon, 31 Jul 1995 00:00
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In article <3vg47u$4lm@kettle.magna.com.au> cyberwiz@magna.com.au writes: >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. > ... >2. Will Xfree 3.1.2 officially support my video card? According to the S3 README for 3.1.2, it *is* supported. -- mlord@bnr.ca Mark Lord BNR Ottawa,Canada 613-763-7482 For latest Linux kernels: ftp.cs.helsinki.fi:/pub/Software/Linux/Kernel/v1.[23] For Linux IDE (big/many) help, see: /usr/src/linux/drivers/block/README.ide
Re: Does Linux (and Xfree86) work with Diamond Stealth 64 Video
Author: Todd Ignasiak
Date: Tue, 01 Aug 1995 00:00
Date: Tue, 01 Aug 1995 00:00
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cyberwiz@magna.com.au (Nicholas) writes: : 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? Take a look at: http://www.diamondmm.com/linux.html for information from Diamond on using their cards in XFree86. It has all of their current cards, but not their older cards (Like my Diamond Stealth Pro).. -tji -- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Todd Ignasiak Ford Motor Company tignasia@tcs.fs.ford.com Telecommunications Services
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