John Griffin tapped away at the keyboard with:
Am building firewall box up out of old parts, however having difficulty finding a supported PCI video card for X. I don't have an AGP slot on this old box.
I would recommend against an X client on the firewall.
I have three different PCI video cards, however cannot get any of them up and operational in X. Here are the cards and problems associated with each.
Card Type Problem ======================|====================================================== Diamond | Setup OK with sax. However unreadable fonts in X. Stealth 64 (2 MByte) | Graphics OK. All text is unreadable including pop-up | menus and task bars. [snip]
I have a card here that's known to work... but I'd rather keep it as a spare. Only 2MB, S3 trio64 based. Sounds like you have a fonts problem. Start at a low screen resolution. Then consult an X-expert if the problem persists. :-) -- /"\ Bernd Felsche - Innovative Reckoning, Perth, Western Australia \ / ASCII ribbon campaign | I'm a .signature virus! | X against HTML mail | Copy me into your ~/.signature| / \ and postings | to help me spread! |