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Re: Metro-X
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (William P. Maguire)
Tue Nov 5 08:06:35 1996
Date: Tue, 05 Nov 1996 06:06:56 -0700
From: "William P. Maguire" <maguire@wiley.holbrook.k12.az.us>
Reply-To: maguire@wiley.holbrook.k12.az.us
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Khalid S. Al-Khater wrote:
>
> I've tried to install Metro-X to work with my Diamond Stealth 64 Video VRAM (4MB) without success, every time I run startx the machine simple Hang. A couple of questions from a newbier:
>
> What is the advantage of using Metro-X over Xfree86 with a card like mine?
>
> What am I doing wrong that does not make work?
>
You are not doing anything wrong! Diamond does not fully support the
card under Xwindows. Much thanks to Donnie Barnes. I took his
recommendation and scrapped my Diamond for a Number Nine 771 with 4mb
VRAM. Now, that's the only card I use. It is in 10 RHL Linux Servers I
have. I could only get my Diamond to work with Xfree, and only in
400x600--no virtual! Do yourself a favor, monetary funds provided, and
get a Number Nine 771! You can locate Diamond's home page on the net,
they will explain, in a roundabout way, that some of their cards are not
fully supported under Xwindows. Someone correct me if I'm wrong. I
suppose this didn't help you too much. Sorry.
Bill
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