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I have installed the graphic card Diamond Viper 330 AGP and use the
linux
distribution SuSE 5.2. It includes XFree86 3.3.2 and I already
downloaded
the latest xsvga-Server, which is the appropriate server according to
the
card database.
When I have set the configuration with xf86config or XF86Setup and want
to start the X-server, my system totally hangs up, i.e. I even cannot
stop
the server.
In normal VGA-mode it all works
What can I do? Do I have to specify RAMDAC or Clockchip or set some
options?
Can you help me? Thank you very much

Stefan from Munich

Quote:>Hi,

>I have installed the graphic card Diamond Viper 330 AGP and use the
>linux
>distribution SuSE 5.2. It includes XFree86 3.3.2 and I already
>downloaded
>the latest xsvga-Server, which is the appropriate server according to
>the
>card database.
>When I have set the configuration with xf86config or XF86Setup and want
>to start the X-server, my system totally hangs up, i.e. I even cannot
>stop
>the server.
>In normal VGA-mode it all works
>What can I do? Do I have to specify RAMDAC or Clockchip or set some
>options?
>Can you help me? Thank you very much

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on this link to XFree86.org there only is a notice for RIVA 128, that one should
change the interrupt settings in the BIOS or change the PCI slots. Now there are
some problems:

- I have only one PCI card, an Adaptec SCSI host adapter, so I can
  set the other PCI slots on NA, but I cannot change the interrupt for
  the host adapter, because otherwise the Windows NT and Windows 95 - OS
  will not start.
- I cannot find out, where is the conflict between the card and any other device
  (In both Windows OS all works fine).
- In the boot-protocol I noticed three warnings about unknown PCI-devices.
  I don't know, if thats the reason for the conflict.
- Is it really a BIOS problem, when any operating system works fine except of
  Linux with X11 and I have an AGP card and no PCI card?

Do you have any idea? Thank you.

Stefan

koen Gadeyne schrieb:

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The Riva128 driver in XFree86 SVGa 3.3.2 does not work with shared IRQ
!!
Riva 128 support has been included in XFree86-3.3.2. Please use the SVGA
server and configure it using XF86Setup.

The Riva 128 server does not work if the Riva card shares an interrupt
with another device in your system. To solve a conflict like that,
either
change the IRQ settings in the PCI BIOS or try putting the PCI cards in
different PCI slots. This is true regardless whether the Riva 128 card
is a PCI or an AGP card.

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