video card..... help
 

ok i just got mandrake 8.1 and my video card still dont work with linux. when i installed RH 6.2 the image was to big for my monitor. know i cant even get Xwindows to start up. can some one help.

i have a 64bit 3D Prophet Kyro2 video card.

when i tried to run startx it gave me an error

/etc/X11/(errn2)

ithink it all so said something about fiel missing... ithink i cant remember.

thanx for any input,
wicked

also what would be a good video card that works very well with linux....

Pretty much anything except the cards that have only been on the shelf for 15 mins. I don't know how old yours is. If X is missing a file, you should re-install the X RPMS. If you could tell us which file is missing, or anything else specific to the errors you're getting, that'd make things a bit easier.

ok...i think i got it. to run linix with my video card i have to run with no framebuffer. now let see if i can get this to work.
still what is a good video card to run linux with???
:confused:
wicked

Depends on what you want to do. I've got an NVidia Geforce2 Something that runs fine. I've had X running (very poorly) on a P110 with 32Mb RAM and an 8bit ISA VGA card. X (not Linux) supports pretty much most cards.

ok i see....during lunch ill run back to my room and see what i can do...thanx...
wicked

Sorry to disappoint you man, but Kyro chipsets are not supported by XFree86 as of yet. I don't see any documentation on http://www.XFree86.org about future plans on supporting the chipset, the PowerVR chipset (the parent of Kyro from years back) is well supported under XFree86, but not the child. If you want a good graphic performance go for ATI boards, if you need speed and decent graphics performance go for NVIDIA chipsets.

thanx for the info i just relised that too. i wnet to the hercules site and they said they did not support linux. but ther testing a driver that would let x run with this video card. it supost to come out some time this month. but thank you very much.
:newbie:
wicked

The linux driver for the kyro is vapourware..it's been promised ever since the chip came out.

3d prophet hercules 4500 video card problems with Red Hat 7.2 installation
 

Hi everybody!

This is my first post here and I am a linux newbie.
I'm installing Red Hat 7.2 but during "X configuration" my video card (3d prophet hercules 4500 64Mb TV-OUT) doesn't appear in the list of video cards to choose from.
What should I do?
I suppose I can choose another card, but which one in the list (Hercules or not) is similar to my video card?

At this moment I cannot start X System (at the end of installation).

I don't use Linux for games nor for 3D applications. So I would be very happy even if I could only start X System at 1024x768 with 256 colors.

Any suggestions?

Thank you very much in advance!!!
Zingaro

well i also have a 3d prophet 4500 vidoe card. i was never able to get mine to work so i bought a nvidia geforce2 video card. it runs x with no problem.

almost forgot. i read somewhere you can get your 3d prophet to run x with no framebuffer.

wicked

"no framebuffer" ?
 

...ehm... excuse me, but I'm a newbie.
What does it mean "to run X with no framebuffer" ?
How should I operate?

Thank you.

Hey so am i, that is why gave up on my 3d prophet videp card and bought nvidia geforce 2 card. i have mandrake 8.1, so i have to do is type XFdrake, then change video card and then unlisted and finally chose FBDev. wich is no framebuffer. thats basicly all the info i know.

wicked
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