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Re: Riva 128 video question.......
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Steve Gibson)
Thu Nov 19 15:53:01 1998
Date: Thu, 19 Nov 1998 15:52:01 -0500
From: Steve Gibson <swgibson@unixgurus.com>
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In-Reply-To: <19981112180745.21940.rocketmail@send102.yahoomail.com>; from Thomas Granger on Thu, Nov 12, 1998 at 10:07:45AM -0800
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Yeah, I was pulling my hair out trying to figure out why XFree wasn't
allowing more than 16bpp at 800x600. I ran Xconfigurator several times to
no avail, tried different servers, etc. FINALLY, I went and looked at the
/etc/X11/XF86Config file to see if I could set something manually and
VIOLA! The damn thing had the "VideoRam 8192" commented out!!! I
uncommented it and it worked like a charm using the Velocity 128 setting.
My only problem now is that I get some "snow" and "sparkles" in 32bit
color, so I usually leave it at 16bpp at 1280x1024. Looks great!
I'll have to check out www.rivazone.com. If they have a special
driver/server that supports the nVidia RIVA128 ZX that would be awesome!
On Thu, Nov 12, 1998 at 10:07:45AM -0800, Thomas Granger wrote:
> Chech the /etx/X/XF86_Config (I believe that is it's name, I am not on
> my linux box), and see if the amount of video ram is present (it may
> just be commented out). Also, there is a patched XF86_SVGA server for
> NVidia chipset video cards from NVidia out there that supports the
> RIVA128 chipset better. Try www.rivazone.com for this or other
> linux/riva128 tips.
>
>
>
>
> ---JShoberg <Jshoberg@cbd.net> wrote:
> >
> > Ok,
> >
> > The highest resolution I can muster in X is 16 bpp at 800x600.
> > Wondoze98 does 1280x1024 in 32 bit True Color. Any suggestions for
> getting
> > X in a higher resolution? After looking at www.xfree86.org I
> couldn't find
> > much specific to my video card (STB Velocity 128, 8mb AGP). Thanks
> >
> > - jon
> >
> >
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