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by **root** » Thu, 02 Nov 1995 04:00:00

Has anyone had any luck running X on the afore mentioned chipset with an Alpine
card in accelerated mode? I have scanned the man pages and the README files
within /var/X11/lib, but to no avail. I cannot seem to find out what the
membase address should be set to. apparently, there are utilities (like
idchip.exe from Cirrus) that will extract this information from the BIOS, but I
can't seem to locate them. HELP!

Thanx in advance for any advice!

by **Donnie Sava** » Sat, 04 Nov 1995 04:00:00

I have a copy id the idchip.exe which I downloaded from cirrus logics
bbs. Sorry dont remember the number but if you want/need it let me
know and we can figureout a way to get it to you. As for the info it
gives, it only tells me the chip type, Vidio Bios rev and the modes
supported.

I am using the CL-GD5430 with X. Am having some lockup problems.
README.cirrus indecates membase should be 0xa0000000 for PCI but
when I tried it and it teh lockups was MUCH worse!

-donnie

root <root> whispered to all:

>Has anyone had any luck running X on the afore mentioned chipset with an Alpine
>card in accelerated mode? I have scanned the man pages and the README files
>within /var/X11/lib, but to no avail. I cannot seem to find out what the
>membase address should be set to. apparently, there are utilities (like
>idchip.exe from Cirrus) that will extract this information from the BIOS, but I
>can't seem to locate them. HELP!

>Thanx in advance for any advice!

by **Dave Walla** » Mon, 06 Nov 1995 04:00:00

>I have a copy id the idchip.exe which I downloaded from cirrus logics
>bbs. Sorry dont remember the number but if you want/need it let me
>know and we can figureout a way to get it to you. As for the info it
>gives, it only tells me the chip type, Vidio Bios rev and the modes
>supported.

> I am using the CL-GD5430 with X. Am having some lockup problems.
>README.cirrus indecates membase should be 0xa0000000 for PCI but
>when I tried it and it teh lockups was MUCH worse!

Slackware 3.0 set me up pretty well with it's scripts, here's a bit of my
XF86Config:

-------------------------------------------------------
# Device configured by xf86config:

Section "Device"
Identifier "CL-GD5430"
VendorName "Cirrus"
BoardName "CL-GD5430"
#VideoRam 1024
# Device section for Cirrus Logic GD5430/34-based cards.
#MemBase 0x00e00000 # ISA card that maps to 14Mb
#MemBase 0x04000000 # VLB card that maps to 64Mb
#MemBase 0x80000000 # VLB card that maps to 2048Mb
#MemBase 0x02000000 # VLB card that maps to 32Mb
#MemBase 0xa0000000 # PCI card that maps to 2560Mb
#Option "linear"
Option "no_bitblt"
# Use Option "no_bitblt" if you have graphics problems. If that fails
# try Option "noaccel".
# Refer to /usr/X11R6/lib/doc/README.cirrus.
# To allow linear addressing, uncomment the Option line and the
# address that the card maps the framebuffer to.
# Insert Clocks lines here if appropriate
EndSection

------------------------------------------------------------------------

As you can see most of it is commented out, I did, however, have to add the
'Option "no_bitblt"' to relieve some lockups

by **Dennis Flaher** » Tue, 07 Nov 1995 04:00:00

> I have a copy id the idchip.exe which I downloaded from cirrus logics
> bbs. Sorry dont remember the number but if you want/need it let me
> know and we can figureout a way to get it to you. As for the info it
> gives, it only tells me the chip type, Vidio Bios rev and the modes
> supported.

> I am using the CL-GD5430 with X. Am having some lockup problems.
> README.cirrus indecates membase should be 0xa0000000 for PCI but
> when I tried it and it teh lockups was MUCH worse!

If you have XFree86-3.1.1 or better, there is a scanpci program
included which will tell you what the PCI base address is for your
video card.

XFree86-3.1.2 autodetects the address.

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