Date: Thu, 18 Jul 1996 11:22:54 -0700 (PDT) From: "Rodney W. Grimes" <rgrimes@GndRsh.aac.dev.com> To: af@biomath.jussieu.fr (Alain FAUCONNET) Cc: freebsd-hardware@freefall.freebsd.org Subject: Re: SOYO SY-30F2 blues Message-ID: <199607181822.LAA08235@GndRsh.aac.dev.com> In-Reply-To: <199607181303.AA02553@iaka.biomath.jussieu.fr> from Alain FAUCONNET at "Jul 18, 96 02:03:08 pm"
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... > I'm not sure about the 2xxx series, but the 3xxx Diamond Stealth 64 > are nice and fast controllers for FBSD/XFree86... once you figured out > how to configure them. And you make my point perfectly about why I avoid Diamond products, with S3, Elsa, Miro, Number Nine, and Cardex S3-based cards I run xf86config and I am up and running. Realize I am in the system building business and having to go play with software for 2 hours to make some video card work is not an option when your turing out systems in volume. > Make sure you are using the latest XFree86 3.1.2 beta release (I think > it's 3.1.2e). Also try playing with options in the /etc/XF86Config > file. I have had to explicitely specify the VRAM base address in mine > as follows (remember my card is a 3400): Hummm having to explicitly spec the VRAM address for a PCI card tells me that the PCI card is broken! No thank you :-( -- Rod Grimes rgrimes@gndrsh.aac.dev.com Accurate Automation Company Reliable computers for FreeBSD
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