Getting a SuSE compatible computer
From: Jonathan Drews
Diamond Viper 770d video card (32mb) or the Z200 Diamond Viper (32mb)
If this is an nVIDIA card, how did you get it to work? I believe I have the same one in my Dell. I had to get the drivers nvidia.rpm and nv_glx.rpm from the SuSE update site to make it function. Still the 3D screensavers in KDE won't work with it and the 3D drawing functions in StarOffice won't work. This is no big loss but I am just curious if you are configuring something that I did not. I added the "glx" line to my XF86Config file also.
Date: Thu, 23 Nov 2000 20:41:51 -0800
From: Michael Perry
Hey Michael:
Diamond Viper 770d video card (32mb) or the Z200 Diamond Viper (32mb)
If this is an nVIDIA card, how did you get it to work? I believe I have the same one in my Dell. I had to get the drivers nvidia.rpm and nv_glx.rpm from the SuSE update site to make it function. Still the 3D screensavers in KDE won't work with it and the 3D drawing functions in StarOffice won't work. This is no big loss but I am just curious if you are configuring something that I did not. I added the "glx" line to my XF86Config file also.
Hi- There is an accelerated option for the card in X4. I don't use packages for X4 and usually just do the precompiled binaries. Under X3, I use the svga driver. I get full color at 1024x768 easily on the card with X4. I have not recompiled the drivers for SuSE 7 yet so am just using the standard svga drivers. Even with those, the card seems to work quite well here. The other card I have some experience with is a bit harder to find these days. That would be the Matrox G200 card. I like the two diamond cards better all in all. <p> -- Michael Perry mperry@tsoft.com ------------------
From: Jonathan Drews
X4 and usually just do the precompiled binaries. Under X3, I use the svga driver. I get full color at 1024x768 easily on the card with X4.
<p> Where exactly is X4 and X3? Are these groups on the install CD's or are they folpers at SuSE's patch section on their ftp site? <p> Jonathan
Hi again Mike:
There is an accelerated option for the card in X4. I don't use packages for X4 and usually just do the precompiled binaries. Under X3, I use the svga driver. I get full color at 1024x768 easily on the card with X4.
Where exactly is X4 and X3? Are these groups on the install CD's or are they folpers at SuSE's patch section on their ftp site?
Jonathan X4 refers to Xfree86 version 4.0.1 from xfree's website. X3 refers to the
Date: Thu, 23 Nov 2000 21:54:15 -0800
From: Michael Perry
Message-ID: <3A1E3624.4C72229A@abo.fi>
Date: Fri, 24 Nov 2000 11:34:28 +0200
From: Niklas Huldén
Hey Michael:
Diamond Viper 770d video card (32mb) or the Z200 Diamond Viper (32mb)
If this is an nVIDIA card, how did you get it to work? I believe I have the same one in my Dell. I had to get the drivers nvidia.rpm and nv_glx.rpm from the SuSE update site to make it function. Still the 3D screensavers in KDE won't work with it and the 3D drawing functions in StarOffice won't work. This is no big loss but I am just curious if you are configuring something that I did not. I added the "glx" line to my XF86Config file also.
I have the same experiences with a Diamond Viper 550 card. The 3D screensavers (from xscreensaver) WILL run if you run them as root (e.g. xlock-mesa -nolock -mode whatever3d), so I guess it has to do with some permissions. StarOffice 5.2 chokes on 3D for me also. I also had to configure the modelines in XF86Config manually to get any good resolutions and screen refresh. I copied the modelines from an old X3 XF86Config. You probably have to lower the vertical synq with the nvidia drivers. In X-Free 3 with svga (and win98) I had 1152x864 with 100 Hz. The highest I can get with nvidia is 78 Hz. Good picture though. cheers Niklas Hulden
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