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- Newsgroups: comp.os.linux
- Path: sparky!uunet!mcsun!fuug!ichaos!jlaiho
- From: jlaiho@ichaos.nullnet.fi (Juha Laiho)
- Subject: Re: TRIDENT-8900 series problem with XWindows
- Organization: NullNet r.y.
- Date: Wed, 20 Jan 1993 21:27:57 GMT
- Message-ID: <C168yM.Kn0@ichaos.nullnet.fi>
- References: <mtrottie.38.0@emr1.emr.ca>
- Lines: 31
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- In article <mtrottie.38.0@emr1.emr.ca> mtrottie@emr1.emr.ca (Marc Trottier) writes:
- >Trying to configure my Video Card to run XWindows under SLS, I ran into some
- >little problems...
- >
- >Video Card: TVGA-8900 (8916 to be more precise)
- >
- >This is the error message that I'm getting when running "startx":
- >
- > Creating TCP socket: Invalid argument
- > XFree86 Version 1.0Ya / X Window System
- > (protocol Version 11, revision 0, vendor release 5000)
- > Configured drivers:
- > VGA256 (256 colour SVGA):
- > et4000, et3000, pvga1, gvga, ati, tvga8900
- > Trident driver only supports TVGA8900C
-
- >According to the FAQ doc. There is no need to specify the "chipset"
- >or "clock" with the TRIDENT-8900C.
- True.
-
- >So what is the problem???
- >1- Does SLS support only TRIDENT-8900C and not other from 8900 series?
- Exactly. Just as the error message you got (see above) says:
- Only TVGA8900C (note the capital C) chip is supported. No other revisions.
- The technical facts of why this is so escape my memory, but I'm sure
- someone else can tell.
-
- >2- Or is my Video Card BIOS too old? If yes, is it upgradable?
- Linux doesn't use any BIOSes after boot-up. As far as I know.
-
- ..Wolf
-