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Re: more pain in the arse

Subject: Re: more pain in the arse
From: W Bauske (wsb@paralleldata.com)
Date: Fri Mar 10 12:43:52 2000


nm wrote:
>
> Well adding the "expert text" do my -flags worked.
> Redhat 6.1 installed well, and worked just fine when
> I rebooted.
>
> I ran X (via startx) and... WOW! The gnome desktop
> is great. In this area it has come a long way!
>
> After about 5 minutes of pretty graphics, the entire
> system froze up and when to a garbled random text
> screen :(
>
> Not a good sign. Will there ever be a stable XFree86
> using SVGA cards on Alpha?
>
> I am using an S3 virge (86C325). Is this card marginially
> supported? Would a matrox millenium be 100% stable?
>

I run two Elsa Gloria Synergy and lots of Matrox Millenium I.
Both are very stable with X. Some S3's need special parms to
behave. Search the archives for the correct options.

Wes

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