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Re: Problem with ATI Graphics Pro Turbo 1600 (Mach64)



On Sun, 26 May 1996 12:08:26 +0200 (IST), 
Yaron   <yaron@starlight.trendline.co.il> wrote:

>Ok, I tried getting X to run at a friend's with the aforementioned
>graphics adapter w/4megs RAM on a MAG 17" (I don't remember the model but
>that doesn't matter) using the XF86_MACH64 driver, XFree 3.1.2, and I DLed
>the newest server off sunsite, kernel version 1.2.13 (See footnote [1] for
>specific information, Marc). When X loads, it gives me some weird nonsense
>on the screen and I have to ctrl+alt+backspace out. The screen doesn't
>change modes. I assume this is a card problem since running as a regular
>VGA works (if you call 640x480x16 'working'). 
>
>AcceleratedX makes the screen go crazy and turn itself off, and we had to
>hard-boot (ie, press reset REALLY hard) to get any sort of display again.
>
>[1] It's a Pentium 133 with 32 megs RAM, two floppies (one of each), a x6
>CDROM (EIDE), 1.6GB and 420MB Western Digital HDDs, Linux was installed


I am quoting from XFree86 FAQ (don't look in comp.os.linux.answers, 
it's regularly posted to comp.windows.x.i386unix,comp.os.linux.x,
comp.answers,news.answers), Last modified: Sun May 12 00:16:52 PDT 
1996:

:Subject: Q.F18- ISA-bus Mach64 cards

:The current version of the server needs to map the video memory 
:aperture into the system's address space. Since this requires 4MB of 
:address space and since ISA bus systems can only address a maximum of 
:16MB, the Mach64 server can not be used on systems with more that 
:12MB of RAM. See the Mach64 README files for more information 
:regarding the current capabilities of the server.

:Full support for ISA Mach64 cards is planned for the next release. In
:the mean time, the SVGA server can be used instead.

This may be helpful or it may not (didn't know that, did you?)

Good Luck,

Raphael Slepon
mrkgnao@actcom.co.il