Voodoo 3 2000, Suse 7.1, Kernel 2.4.2, XFree 4.0.1 on Pulsar 233DP
Hi there so I got rid of this 4MB IMS TT that always messed with my Linux... ( I could not configure the XServer properly to work with this card..Resolutions, Geometry etc) (and when I tried to fix one Problem, there were at least two new Probs or the system would refuse to work at all ;(( ) after I went to Xfree.org and had a look on the supported Cards, I decided to get a Voodoo 3 2000.. flashed it with the 12b Rom Driver...this works well under MacOS 8.6 But when I start Linux (BootX) I will run just into the same troubles I had with the former Videocard.. Every additional Bootparameter (eg: video=tdfxfb or a checked video of box ) will result in a black screen just after the first few prints on the screen...last message before the screen turns black is about the voodoo. Starting without parameters will lead me to runlevel 5 with a screen that is compressed to half on the left side of the screen, height is correct. Switching to runlevel 3, running sax2 does not work, neither a simple sax2, nor sax2 -f, nor sax2 -m 0=tdfx...will get the card recognized What can be done / will be necessary to get the Voodoo working? I´ve read about patches that must be compiled into the Kernel!?? greetings Jo
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Jochen Busch