Date: Fri, 28 May 1999 16:25:39 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu> To: Graey <slayer@janeway.plaidranch.org> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: avance logic 2302 video card Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.03.9905281623450.11808-100000@resnet.uoregon.edu> In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.10.9905281501380.20414-100000@janeway.plaidranch.org>
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On Fri, 28 May 1999, Graey wrote: > > I'm having a problem with new video card. Well not new, but it's new to > me. I rebuilt my system the other day and am now using a 1 meg Avance > Logic 2302 card, instead of the built-in Acer video of unkonwn video > memory that I was using before. This is a dual boot win95/freebsd 2.2.6 > machine. > > In windows I'm getting 16 bit color and 800x600 resolution. In X11 I > can't go more than 8bpp and 640x480 (that includes not being able to get > either 16 bpp 640x480 OR 8bpp 800x600). Ideally it would be 16bpp 800x600 > like I was getting when it was in the Acer. If the card just couldn't do > it, I would understand. But obviously it can. My friend said that > apparently the freebsd video driver wasn't up to running the card. I > thought AL was a relatively big name, but he says he'd never heard of > them. So what can/should I do about this? 1. Look on the card itself and identify it's main chip. It may be an OEM of another manufacturer, like S3. 2. Check with www.xfree86.org before buying. 3. Do your research first :) Ther is no 'Advanced Logic' on the Xfree86 server/card list. Doug White Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | FreeBSD: The Power to Serve http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | www.freebsd.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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