video card..... help

wickedhavok · 02-15-2002, 06:25 AM

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....

Thymox · 02-15-2002, 08:27 AM

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.

wickedhavok · 02-15-2002, 08:30 AM

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???

wicked

Thymox · 02-15-2002, 08:33 AM

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.

wickedhavok · 02-15-2002, 08:35 AM

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

neo77777 · 02-15-2002, 08:41 AM

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.

wickedhavok · 02-15-2002, 08:54 AM

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.

wicked

Aussie · 02-15-2002, 06:12 PM

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

Zingaro2002 · 02-16-2002, 10:50 AM

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

wickedhavok · 02-16-2002, 12:51 PM

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.

wickedhavok · 02-16-2002, 12:53 PM

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

wicked

Zingaro2002 · 02-16-2002, 06:12 PM

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

Thank you.

wickedhavok · 02-17-2002, 10:44 AM

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