Actually, I've had the Permidia 2 working for quite a while at 1024x768. Works fine and true color is great. You have to set up the X server using xf86config and not SaX. Good Luck!! <p>Dave H <p>Ole Kofoed Hansen wrote: <blockquote TYPE=CITE>On Mon, 3 May 1999, Jon Pennington wrote: <p>> <br>> Can anyone vouch for the ease-of-use factor with these cards? <br>> I've seen them for $60 US and under, and was wondering if they <br>> were worth the investment. Those of you paying close attention <br>> may have noticed that I started out with a Voodoo Banshee by <br>> Creative Labs and I have since moved back to an SiS6326 card I <br>> had laying around. The SiS is still fairly cranky, compared to <br>> my ol' reliable S3 ViRGE DX card, and I wonder if the Permedia is <br>> any more or less cranky. <br>> <br>> Just a shot in the dark. I appreciate any assistance. <p>A shot in the dark is a very good description of your <br>chances for getting the Permedia2 to work... <p>I never got my Permedia2 to do better than 640x480 (16 colors), <br>which was totally useless with the standard configuration of the <br>windowmanagers (There was NO other way to shut down X than <br>the 3-finger grip and most windows were larger than the screen) <p>Of course it is possible to configure the WMs to be usable <br>at 640x480, but remember, I was (and still am) a newbie, more <br>or less. <p>This specific card was, however, acting weirdly in DOS as well. <br>Many older DOS games could not be convinced that it was SVGA- <br>capable or VESA-compatible... even with display-doctor. <p>I finally replaced the 8MB Permedia2 card with a 4MB S3 ViRGE/GX2 <br>which is happily doing 1280x1024 in 16bit colors. The old DOS <br>games work now, and in WingCommander5 in Win95 it gives better <br>3D performance and more options... <p>If I were you, I'd go for something else... <p>> -=|JP|=- <br>> -- <br>> To get out of this list, please send email to majordomo@suse.com with <br>> this text in its body: unsubscribe suse-linux-e <br>> Check out the SuSE-FAQ at <a href="http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/"><A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/</a">http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/</a</A>> and the <br>> archive at <a href="http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html"><A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html</a">http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html</a</A>> <br>> <p>-- <br>To get out of this list, please send email to majordomo@suse.com with <br>this text in its body: unsubscribe suse-linux-e <br>Check out the SuSE-FAQ at <a href="http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/"><A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/</a">http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/</a</A>> and the <br>archive at <a href="http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html"><A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html</a">http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html</a</A>></blockquote> <pre>-- _ _| ~~. David Henderson \, _} DHenders@VT.Edu \( Gig 'em Aggies! '93 Currently at: Interdepartmental Genetics Program 2010 Litton Reaves Hall Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Blacksburg, VA 24061 (540)231-4773 (540)231-5014 DHenders@VT.Edu <A HREF="http://www.dasc.vt.edu/henderson/dhenderson.html"><A HREF="http://www.dasc.vt.edu/henderson/dhenderson.html</A">http://www.dasc.vt.edu/henderson/dhenderson.html</A</A>></pre> <PRE> begin:vcard n:Henderson;David tel;fax:(540)231-5014 tel;home:(540)381-8095 tel;work:(540)231-4773 x-mozilla-html:TRUE url:<A HREF="http://www.dasc.vt.edu/henderson/dhenderson.html"><A HREF="http://www.dasc.vt.edu/henderson/dhenderson.html</A">http://www.dasc.vt.edu/henderson/dhenderson.html</A</A>> org:Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University;Interdepartmental Genetics Program version:2.1 email;internet:DAHende3@VT.Edu title:Graduate Student adr;quoted-printable:;;2010 Litton Reaves Hall=0D=0AVPI&SU;Blacksburg;VA;24061;USA x-mozilla-cpt:;-3424 fn:David Henderson end:vcard </PRE>

On Tue, 4 May 1999, Ole Kofoed Hansen wrote:

On Mon, 3 May 1999, Jon Pennington wrote:

...

Can anyone vouch for the ease-of-use factor with these cards? I've seen them for $60 US and under, and was wondering if they were worth the investment. Those of you paying close attention may have noticed that I started out with a Voodoo Banshee by Creative Labs and I have since moved back to an SiS6326 card I had laying around. The SiS is still fairly cranky, compared to my ol' reliable S3 ViRGE DX card, and I wonder if the Permedia is any more or less cranky.

Just a shot in the dark. I appreciate any assistance.

A shot in the dark is a very good description of your chances for getting the Permedia2 to work...

The current drivers work very well, at least in 32bit color. Were you using them? Without the proper drivers, included in current and recent SuSE distributions, 640x480 at 16 colors is the best you could do and not very useful. I know, I couldn't use my main office system with Linux for six months because the drivers weren't available. Since they have been available, SuSE has included them. I don't think SuSE would have included them if they didn't work... Mark <boyd@cs.unca.edu> -- To get out of this list, please send email to majordomo@suse.com with this text in its body: unsubscribe suse-linux-e Check out the SuSE-FAQ at <A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/"><A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/</A">http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/</A</A>> and the archive at <A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html"><A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html</A">http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html</A</A>>