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- From: probreak@matt.ksu.ksu.edu (James Michael Chacon)
- Newsgroups: comp.os.linux
- Subject: Re: TRIDENT-8900 series problem with XWindows
- Date: 21 Jan 1993 17:50:29 -0600
- Organization: Kansas State University
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- jlaiho@ichaos.nullnet.fi (Juha Laiho) writes:
-
- >In article <mtrottie.38.0@emr1.emr.ca> mtrottie@emr1.emr.ca (Marc Trottier) writes:
- >>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
-
- Just thought I would add that the driver's are only for revision 0x13 of the
- 8900C Chipset. There is another ROM revision that has a lower number that
- the server won't recognize. You can force it to trident by adding
- Chipset tvga
- into Xconfig.
-
- The video cards are programmed by direct fiddling with the registers on the
- card, so the ROM revision makes a difference, as to what the card will do.
- Anything before the 8900C mapped things differently from what I was told,
- and it was decided never to support them.
-
- James
-