Very Computer

by **Holger Bank** » Thu, 09 Nov 2000 04:00:00

Hello,

I habe Installed a complete new SuSE 6.3 System on my DEC Multia. The SuSE
6.1 was pretty unstable so I removed it. But it mostly runs - including X11.

Now, when I type

startx

the X11 Screen comes up with the resolution I configured in XF86Config. I
can move the mouse cursor 10 seconds and then the mouses freezes.

I cant switch back to text console.

A telnet to the system is possible and I can see, that kpanel, kwm etc.
from the KDE Desktop are running. I just can see the X11 grid and the
mouse-pointer.

Iam using the kernel package from SuSE 6.4 with the newer 2.2.14 Version.
There is nothing special. Just the Multia with 64 MB memory...

Please help :)

Bye
Holger

--
-----------------------------------------------------
Visit: http://go.to/arcadefun - Arcadeautomaten, Tips und Games dazu

by **Michael Champig** » Thu, 09 Nov 2000 04:00:00

I am running SuSE 6.4 on a Multia. I was not able to get the TGA
server to work properly and the behavior was as you reported. Put
a nice S3 ViRGE in there and you'll be fine. The ViRGE is a much
better card anyway and you'll get more than the 8-bit color
depth of the TGA.

Good luck,

Michael

by **Holger Bank** » Thu, 09 Nov 2000 04:00:00

> I am running SuSE 6.4 on a Multia. I was not able to get the TGA
> server to work properly and the behavior was as you reported. Put
> a nice S3 ViRGE in there and you'll be fine. The ViRGE is a much
> better card anyway and you'll get more than the 8-bit color
> depth of the TGA.

There is no room for a graphics card. In my Multia is a 3.5" SCSI Harddrive
... I can put a 2.5" IDE into it and switch to ARC Console but I dont have
the t-connector for the pci slot....

Bye
Holger

-----------------------------------------------------
Visit: http://go.to/arcadefun - Arcadeautomaten, Tips und Games dazu

by TK » Thu, 09 Nov 2000 04:00:00

Sounds strange, had the same problem with a 3300 server .... When I
updated my bios, problem was gone,
try it ...

good luck, Tom

> Path:
> cyan.nl.gxn.net!blue.nl.gxn.net!nntp.news.xara.net!xara.net!gxn.net!news.tele.dk!151.189.0.75!newsfeed.germany.net!newsfeed01.sul.t-online.de!newsmm00.sul.t-online.com!t-online.de!news.t-online.com!not-for-mail

> Subject: Re: X =?ISO-8859-1?Q?won=B4t?= work on a UDB/Multia with SuSE
> 6.3 Date: Wed, 8 Nov 2000 22:49:37 +0000 Organization:
> http://go.to/arcadefun Lines: 17 Message-ID:

> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1
> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8Bit X-Trace: news.t-online.com 973720960 02

> cyan.nl.gxn.net comp.os.linux.alpha:18966

>> I am running SuSE 6.4 on a Multia. I was not able to get the TGA server
>> to work properly and the behavior was as you reported. Put a nice S3
>> ViRGE in there and you'll be fine. The ViRGE is a much better card
>> anyway and you'll get more than the 8-bit color depth of the TGA.

> There is no room for a graphics card. In my Multia is a 3.5" SCSI
> Harddrive
> ... I can put a 2.5" IDE into it and switch to ARC Console but I dont
> have
> the t-connector for the pci slot....

> Bye Holger

> -----------------------------------------------------
> Visit: http://go.to/arcadefun - Arcadeautomaten, Tips und Games dazu

by **Marble Hea** » Thu, 09 Nov 2000 04:00:00

If there's no room for the graphics card, how do you run X?
Is it through the net?

If it's through the net, I have yet to successfully run a system that way.
Could you give me any basic pointers?

> > I am running SuSE 6.4 on a Multia. I was not able to get the TGA
> > server to work properly and the behavior was as you reported. Put
> > a nice S3 ViRGE in there and you'll be fine. The ViRGE is a much
> > better card anyway and you'll get more than the 8-bit color
> > depth of the TGA.

> There is no room for a graphics card. In my Multia is a 3.5" SCSI Harddrive
> ... I can put a 2.5" IDE into it and switch to ARC Console but I dont have
> the t-connector for the pci slot....

> Bye
> Holger

> -----------------------------------------------------
> Visit: http://go.to/arcadefun - Arcadeautomaten, Tips und Games dazu

by **h0l0gRa** » Fri, 10 Nov 2000 04:00:00

> If there's no room for the graphics card, how do you run X?
> Is it through the net?

UDB/Multia has onboard TGA graphics.
And everything else...ethernet,sound,scsi...
--
Bingo, gas station, hamburger with a side order of airplane noise,
and you'll be Gary, Indiana. - Jessie in the movie "Greaser's Palace"

by **Michael Champig** » Fri, 10 Nov 2000 04:00:00

Quote:> UDB/Multia has onboard TGA graphics.
> And everything else...ethernet,sound,scsi...

Yes, but now he's back to his original problem of the TGA not working
correctly under SuSE 6.4. I had no luck configuring the TGA under
SuSE and when I configured manually I had extreme instability. The
solution is to install a *real* graphics card in the Multia. I recommend
a ViRGE card (they fit...I've tried several brands). If you have a Multia
which has a 3.5" drive, then you are out of luck I'm afraid. Put an IDE
laptop drive underneath the floppy and get the PCI riser card. That's
the only solution I can see to this. That solution has worked for me
(though I have a VX42 model so I already had the PCI riser installed).

Good luck,

-Michael

by **cbbro..** » Sun, 12 Nov 2000 10:54:45

> If there's no room for the graphics card, how do you run X?
> Is it through the net?

> If it's through the net, I have yet to successfully run a system that way.
> Could you give me any basic pointers?

> > > I am running SuSE 6.4 on a Multia. I was not able to get the TGA
> > > server to work properly and the behavior was as you reported. Put
> > > a nice S3 ViRGE in there and you'll be fine. The ViRGE is a much
> > > better card anyway and you'll get more than the 8-bit color
> > > depth of the TGA.

> > There is no room for a graphics card. In my Multia is a 3.5" SCSI Harddrive
> > ... I can put a 2.5" IDE into it and switch to ARC Console but I dont have
> > the t-connector for the pci slot....

It is _NOT TRUE_ that there is no room for a graphics card.

I have a Multia in which I have had installed, at different times,
a) An S3V card (S3V 325 chipset), and
b) An S3 968 card.

To be sure, it's a _tight fit_, but that does not mean that the cards
_cannot_ fit in.
--

<http://www.veryComputer.com/~cbbrowne/>
"I don't well know whether to go back and strike him, or--what's
that?--down here on my knees and pray for him? Yes, that was the
thought coming up in me; but it would be the first time I ever *did*
pray. It's *; very * [...]" -- Moby*, Ch 29

Very Computer

X won′t work on a UDB/Multia with SuSE 6.3

X won′t work on a UDB/Multia with SuSE 6.3

X won′t work on a UDB/Multia with SuSE 6.3

X won′t work on a UDB/Multia with SuSE 6.3

X won′t work on a UDB/Multia with SuSE 6.3

X won′t work on a UDB/Multia with SuSE 6.3

X won′t work on a UDB/Multia with SuSE 6.3

X won′t work on a UDB/Multia with SuSE 6.3

X won′t work on a UDB/Multia with SuSE 6.3