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#! rnews 2217 bsd Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.mel.connect.com.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.Hawaii.Edu!news.uoregon.edu!hammer.uoregon.edu!csulb.edu!news.sgi.com!su-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!news.bbnplanet.com!cam-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!news.idt.net!feed1.news.erols.com!news.magicnet.net!news.sprintlink.net!news-atl-21.sprintlink.net!cmcl2!mcrcr6!mcrcr6!nntp Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.x,comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.windows.x,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: Help! ATI 3D Xpression+PS2TV & XFree 3.1.2G Message-ID: <328BC1D1.11996908@nmaa.org> From: "Linh C. Nguyen" <lnguyen@nmaa.org> Date: Thu, 14 Nov 1996 20:05:21 -0500 References: <327dd5b2.2981847@news.alt.net> <55ph63$82v@jerry.loop.net> Nntp-Posting-Host: ppp210.nmaa.org X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.0Gold (X11; I; Linux 2.0.12 i586) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Gifka Sovereign <gif@loop.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Lines: 29 Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.os.linux.setup:82817 comp.os.linux.x:46176 comp.os.linux.hardware:56563 comp.windows.x:92646 comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:31083 Gifka Sovereign wrote: > > In article <327dd5b2.2981847@news.alt.net>, chaz@alt.net says... > > > >Help! I have the ATI 3D Xpression+ PC2TV Video Card, and I can't get > >it running under XFree 3.1.2G. I have the 4 Mb card and have tried > >both the Mach64 & the SVGA servers. I have a p120/72 RAM. I read abou > >the inability to use the Mach64 driver on a computer with more than 16 > >Mb RAM, so I've tried to now use the SVGA server, even with 1 Mb. Is > >there any way to get it working? Thanks. > > You should install XFree86 3.2 and try the new Mach64 Xserver. As to the > inability of the Mach64 Xserver to run on a computer with more than 16MB of > RAM, this is only true for ISA version of the graphics card. For the PCI and > VLB version of the video cards, you shouldn't have any problem. Are you sure the XFree86 3.2 supports ATI 3D Xpression+ PC2TV ?? This board has a 3D RAGE II chip, it differs from the Mach64 Chip?? Sure about that?? I need to know because I am interested in buying one?? Thanks -- Linh C. Nguyen lnguyen@nmaa.org ++++++++++++++++