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The beta release of XFree86 has support for the
ATI 3D Rage II chip in the Mach64 server.
(shouldn't this server soon be renamed to "Rage"?)

Does anyone know if it will be compatible with the
new upcoming ATI 3D Rage PRO chip based boards?

I'm wondering about trading in my current ATI

or a Matrox Millenium-II if there's support.

I only get 16bpp resolutions.  What can I do to
achieve 24bpp and 32bpp resolutions?

PS! When will the card list in the XF86Setup be updated?
I can't seem to find the "3D Pro Turbo PC2TV" card (only
the "3D Xpression")..

Thank you very much for any help :-)

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Hi,
I'desparately trying to get my new ATI All-In-Wonder 4Meg (Int Ramdac)
to work with XFree 3.3 under Linux (GNU/Debian kernel 2.0.27).
I use the server XF86_Mach64 and my computer has 128M RAM no swap
enough Hard Drive space (some hunderds of Megs) on a P133.

I first used XF86Setup but without success. Then I used xf86config
but the XF86Config file didn't worked. SO I modified it deleting
the # before the Videoram idication (4096).
There I could run X -probeonly with success. but on launching startx
I got only a blank screen.

Next I entered the Options no_program_clocks.
There I got two clocks and a lot of zeros- two clocks again and again a
lot of zero on X -probeonly. starting X I could get 640x480 resolution
with 8bpp 1280x1024 virtual screen. But poor quality, flickering...

I tried no_bios_clocks with some clocks put by hand but no better
results.

Has anybody a solution or an idea of what is the problem and on what to
do to solve it?
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Sincerely yours,
                                Pasa Guglielmo
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With some help from my knowledgeable Linux friends + the FAQ from the
www.xfree86.org, I got it working perfectly with my all-in-wonder.

Step 1.
Get the 3.3 X server for Mach64.

Step 2.
Start with a vanilla config file (in /etc/X11/). No need to run
SuperProbe or XF86Config, just vi the file.

Step 3.
Follow the instructions from the FAQ

http://www.xfree86.org/FAQ/index.html#MACH64-RAGE2
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Q.F14- Mach64 RAGE II

Cards based on the Mach64 original Rage II chipset are supported by the
current release.

For the new "Rage II + DVD" chips (used on cards like the ATI
All-in-Wonder and 3D Xpression+ PC2TV), you can add
these two lines to the Device section of the XF86Config file to make the
server treat it as an original "Rage II" chip:

        ChipId  0x4754
        ChipRev 0x01

This may work with the "Rage II Pro" too.
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Contact me if you want more details.

BTW, as a newbie I also misinstalled some parts of the 3.3 release. I
don't know what I did wrong - running SuperProbe or XF86Config, or maybe
something else- but I got  a system halt and an unbootable computer
under Windows 95.

It took a full Win95 re-install to get my machine running under the
inferior OS.

Yves Chartier

Oh! This looks like good news...I was starting to get depressed about
the prospect of setting up X to run with my ATI Expression+ card. But
as things stand, I can't establish a PPP connection yet. I'm hoping
there an easy to configure X app that I can run to get on line. In the
meantime, can I download the XFree 3.3 files, save to a DOS partition,
and then unarchive them to the appropriate Linux directory (which
would be??). Yes, my DOS partitions are mounted to my Linux
filesystem. But right now, except for a bunch of ls this and cd that,
I can't do shit!

Harry

On Tue, 10 Jun 1997 01:42:48 -0400, Yves Chartier

Your best bet for PPP and for using it with X would be found at the
following page:

http://www.serv.net/~cameron/xppp/

This has gotta be the sweetest app for getting online with X. Also
works with multi-person set-up. The hardest part will more then likely
just be downloading it <smiles>.

If you run into any troubles, feel free to email or post to the group.
Oh and ya might want to print out the How-TO page for ezppp before you
get started so ya have something to run with when you start to install
it.

Scott Fraser

http://www.linux.victoria.bc.ca