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Hi,

does anyone have any clue as to why this particular board will not work with
the xfree86_3dlabs server?? -I've tried setting clock chip and all that
manually - with no luck at all....

your faithfully,

soeren groening

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Gene Heskett sends Greetings to richardmette ;

Quote:> Hi,
> does anyone have any clue as to why this particular board will not
> work with the xfree86_3dlabs server?? -I've tried setting clock chip
> and all that manually - with no luck at all....

Because the permedia is not a 3dlabs chip?

Cheers, Gene
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This is *not* the explanation.  The 3DLabs Xserver does a good job
with the Elsa Gloria Synergy, which *is* Permedia2 based.  I wasn't
going to say anything because I didn't have much to say, but the
quoted response shouldn't be the last word.

You should double check that X is a symbolic link to this server, and
that it wasn't reset when you weren't looking.  Also, take a look at
your configuration file to make sure that everything looks reasonable.
Try different color depths -- 16bpp should be safe at almost any
resolution, but you can scale back to 8bpp while testing.  With my
card, 24bpp is unreliable unless you call it 32bpp.

You can also try running the setup again.  

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Gene Heskett sends Greetings to Richard Bumby;

It wasn't my problem, just my _suggested_ answer.  I am not as familiar
with wintel box hardware as many are, having just built my first x86
linux box.  I probably should have let the original post go on by
without comment because of that.

I might also point out that the permedia2 may be a totally different
animal from the permedia the gentleman quoted in his original post.

 RB> This is *not* the explanation.  The 3DLabs Xserver does a good
 RB> job with the Elsa Gloria Synergy, which *is* Permedia2 based.  I
 RB> wasn't going to say anything because I didn't have much to say,
 RB> but the quoted response shouldn't be the last word.

 RB> You should double check that X is a symbolic link to this server,
 RB> and that it wasn't reset when you weren't looking.  Also, take a
 RB> look at your configuration file to make sure that everything
 RB> looks reasonable. Try different color depths -- 16bpp should be
 RB> safe at almost any resolution, but you can scale back to 8bpp
 RB> while testing.  With my card, 24bpp is unreliable unless you call
 RB> it 32bpp.

 RB> You can also try running the setup again.  

 RB> --
 RB> R. T. Bumby **  Rutgers Math || Amer. Math. Monthly Problems

 RB>  [USA] 732-445-0277 (full-time message line) FAX 732-445-5530

Cheers, Gene
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                               |Buddha + 4 gig WDC drive, 525 meg tape
                               |Stylus Pro, EnPrint, Picasso-II, 17" vga
         RC5-Moo! 690kkeys/sec isn't much, but it all helps
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