Very Computer

Also how do I set up NT boot loader to load Linux off a second
harddrive... Thanks

I am facing the same problem. What's you card bios version ?

Aart Scheepers

ps. If you find out how, please let me know.

Edward F. VanderBush III heeft geschreven in bericht

Quote:>As far as I know there is no answer for the Intel Express 3d card. (yet)

>I am facing the same problem. What's you card bios version ?

>Aart Scheepers

>ps. If you find out how, please let me know.

Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.x
Subject: Re: Need Help installing XBM for i740
Date: 17 Nov 1998 09:30:21 GMT
Organization: Salesianer Don Boscos
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Quote:>I am new to the Linux world.  I am actually installing Linux for the
>first time.  I have a Pentium II 333 with a Diamond Stealth II AGP card
>with an i740 Clockset.  I found the XBM server for the i740 at RedHat's
>FTP site.  I have followed the directions to install it.  Everything
>seemed to go well.  And then the directions said that you had to edit
>XF86Config by hand.

Others helped me - and I managed to install the same card on the same
processor. I assume that you have the RedHat distribution 5.x. (If not,
tell
me!)

IF
you have done everything as it is descibed in the installation
instructions (I had "XBF_i740, Version 0.9.10, 10 October 1998"), i.e.

a) installed the driver (from
ftp://ftp.redhat.com/pub/XBF/XBF-i740-glibc-0.9.10-1.i386.rpm)

b) made a soft link to the driver by ln -s /usr/X11R6/bin/XBF_i740
/etc/X11/X

c) run "xf86config" as root (giving correct answers, of course - and if
you
do not find your card, just pretend to use the SVGA-driver! If you want
use
all the possibilities of your monitor, choose the frequency range by
yourself according to your monitor manual and don't deselect any
resolution.
If you don't have xf86config, then install it [with tar xvzf] from
ftp://ftp.redhat.com/pub/XBF/xf86config-glibc-0.9.10.i386.tgz),

THEN X-Windows should start by "startx" in the 8 bit color mode, and by
"startx -- -bpp 32" (attention on dashes and spaces!) in the 24 bit color
mode. In X-Windows you then can change resolution by pressing Alt-Ctrl-+
(on
num key block), if you haven't limited the resolutions before.

If that's o.k., then you _may_ do some additional manual work in
/etc/X11/XF86Config:

Look for the "Screen section" (at the end of the file). You will find in
one
'Section "Screen" ' the driver you have chosen in xf86config (e.g. "svga",
and there must be a 'Subsection "Display" ' with depth 32).
(_Not_ in the last section with the accelerated servers - these don't
apply
here.)

If you insert before the first 'Subsection "Display" ' a line
"DefaultColorDepth 32" then you don't need "-- -bpp 32" any more (to use
the
24 bit color mode).

And if you replace the line
        Modes       "640x480" "800x600" "1024x768"
by
        Modes       "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
then you don't need Alt-Ctrl-+ to arrive at the best resolution your
monitor
can display with your card in the true color mode. (The driver at the
beginning always takes the first resolution available for the actual color
depth and possible according to the given frequencies.)

If you want to have a "1280x1024" resolution you must use the 16 bit color
mode because 1280x1024 pixels don't fit in the 8 MB memory of your card at
32 bit.

Don't use the 24 bit option! It is not supported by your card. In fact the
32 bit mentioned are 24 bit + 8 bits waste. To be save you may cancel the
display subsection with depth 24.

If you have problems, just answer.

Hatto

--

ED

<snip>

Quote:> Don't use the 24 bit option! It is not supported by your card. In fact the
> 32 bit mentioned are 24 bit + 8 bits waste. To be save you may cancel the
> display subsection with depth 24.

On a related note, it *is* possible to run X with an i740 card with bios
greater than v220.  See my webpage at http://members.tripod.com/russmann for
more info.

--Carl