Date: Thu, 28 Mar 96 10:30:02 MST From: Earl Bryner <ebryner@ns.phbtsus.com> To: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Video Card Question Message-ID: <199603281723.JAA21049@freefall.freebsd.org>
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I have recently been attempting to install FreeBSD 2.1 from the January 96 release, and have encountered significant trouble configuring X. I have a PCI bus 100Mhz Pentium with a ATI graphics Expression video card. The first trouble encountered is that I had to dissable all my serial ports to keep the boot from messing with the video card. I am aware that the ATI card uses com4, but attempts to probe any com port causes the video adapter to display a 'melting snow' pattern and then go blank. ( this happens @ boot time ). Once I dissabled all serial ports, it will at least boot, but all attempts to run startx fail in various forms. If I try to use the mach64 Xserver, my screen goes blank ( after running startx and all attempts to abort fail even CTR ALT BSP ). My question is: Is there a patch available for the ATI Graphics Expression card? if so, will it support a very new version of the card? ( I unserstand that ATI recently changed the chip on the card ) Secondly: If buying a different video card is the best alternative, what kind of card would give me the best support running on FreeBSD and WindowsNT? Any suggestions / comments would be appreciated.
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