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- From: darin@infograph.com (Darin Wayrynen)
- Subject: Re: ATI Ultra Pro / 8514A with Linux/X
- Message-ID: <1993Jan28.114422.29222@infograph.com>
- Keywords: ati ultra pro 8514 x x-windows
- Organization: Informative Graphics
- References: <1993Jan26.163041.16443@ugle.unit.no>
- Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1993 11:44:22 GMT
- Lines: 38
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- In article <1993Jan26.163041.16443@ugle.unit.no> mariusk@Lise.Unit.NO (Marius Kjeldahl) writes:
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- >I've successfully installed the SLS 99p2 distribution. However there
- >were no drivers for my videocard (ATI Ultra Pro) or for the compatible
- >8514A for X. I manage to locate an 8514 driver at misc. sites, in the
- >following files:
- >
- >-rw-rw-r-- 1 28569 6024 Sep 5 23:41 X8514.README
- >-rw-rw-r-- 1 28569 452427 Aug 29 15:44 Xlinux8514.T.Z
- >-rw-rw-r-- 1 28569 90169 Aug 29 15:44 x.8514.src.T.Z
- >
- >However the instructions for installing this driver makes reference to
- >a file called xsrc1.1.T.Z . Archie reported these files at some sites
- >in the US, but since it was rather big (approx 6MB) I do not want to
- >ftp it and copy it onto diskettes without knowing that the thing
- >really compiles after the changes suggested in the instructions for
- >installing the driver.
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- >Has anybody successfully managed to use the ATI Ultra Pro or 8514A
- >card with X under this distribution? And if so, are the modified
- >binaries available anywhere so I do not need to download all the files
- >as I described earlier?
-
- I am using the Xlinux8514.T.Z file you referenced above successfully
- on my ATI 8514 Ultra. I followed the instructions and had no problems
- with the server.
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- I did not need the source to get the X8514 server to work.
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