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Re: ATI & X thanks!
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Tom Dolan)
Sun Nov 1 09:50:28 1998
Date: Sun, 01 Nov 1998 09:51:25 -0500
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From: Tom Dolan <tdolan@erols.com>
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Re: ATI Rage II c chipset and XF86 config problem.
Thanks to everyone who provided information regarding this problem. The
solution provided by Brandon Kolbe which is attached worked.
At 07:04 PM 10/31/98 -0600, you wrote:
>I recently purchased a video card with an ATI Rage IIc chipset. I had a
>lot of problems getting it running but I eventually succeeded. Add the
>following lines to the device section of your XF86Config file:
>
> ChipId 0x4755
> ChipRev 0x01
>
>After doing this the X-server still would not start-up but the errors I
>was getting without the above lines added had gone away. I had to
>disable acceleration by adding the following line to the Display
>section:
>
> Option "noaccel"
>
>This will slow down the video card a bit but it did allow me to get
>X-Windows to run with my video card. If you would like to see my
>XF86Config file just email me personally.
>
> Good Luck,
> Brandon Kolbe
>
>Tom Dolan wrote:
>>
>> Does anyone have any information on this ATI Rage II - X config problem?
>>
>> Following installation instructions (and on-line documentation) I ran
>> Xconfigurator, selected the appropriate server for my card (Mach64??), and
>> configured appropriate monitor and mode selections. Now when I run startx
>> the system locks up at a blank screen and I am forced to power down to
>> restart the PC. The captured output startx file says something about not
>> enough memory and no valid modes before a fatal error occurs.
>>
>> The PC OEM advises that the card is an ATI Charger 4MB AGP with Rage II+
>> DVD chipset. Visual inspection of the card show's Rage II C AGP. I have
>> found no other specific information on this card with reference to XF86
>> support.
>>
>> Thanks!!!!
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