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[sindi keesan <keesan AT sdf.lonestar.org>]

On Sun, 4 Jun 2006, Herman Mansilla wrote:

> Hi,
> I just installed BasicLinux 3.4 on my PC, details
> Mainboard KT400
> Processor AMD Athlon XP 1600Mhz
> 256 MB Ram
> VgaCard Voodoo3 PCI 16MB

We have a Voodoo 3D video card working in framebuffer mode with (I think) 
not Xvesa but the xsvga X server.  Try that, with Steven's no-xvesa.tgz 
package (it provides a few needed libraries and things including as a 
generic XF86Config for up to 800x600 dpi - I posted one that goes to 
higher resolution) and xsvga.tgz from Slackware 4.0.  Or look online to 
make sure the SVGA server supports this card.

> 30GB HardDisk
>
> It boots without problems, but I cannot start XWindow
> it gives some wierd error message about
> an interrupt not going to the ROM

Sometimes Xvesa does not work when you boot from DOS with loadlin, and you 
need to bypass startup files by hitting F5 while booting.  But some video 
cards simply do not work with Xvesa, which is the X server used by BL3.40 
by default.

> I would like to hear some hints on solving this.
> Maybe this machine is not old enough :-)
>
> I will try tomorrow with a real old machine :-)
> 486dx4 100MHz
> 8MB ram
> 400MB HardDisk
> VgaCard RivaTNT PCI 16MB
> I will report how it boots in this old machine.

I have a Riva 128 card (4MB RAM) made by nvidia which works perfectly with 
both Xvesa and the SVGA X server.

Sindi

> Thanks,
> -Bye
> HHMM