Re: X Server problem!

[Jay Estabrook <Jay Estabrook compaq com>]

On Thu, Jun 29, 2000 at 08:45:35AM +0300, Erdal MUTLU wrote:
> Hello!
> 
> I have installed RedHat 6.1.92 on Alpha Personal Workstation 433au. But I
> cannot run X. I looked at the graphivics adapter it is Cirrus Logic GL GD
> 5429-86QC-C Ramdac BE486AKHJ170. The output of /proc/pci file is :
>
>   Bus  0, device  11, function  0:
>     VGA compatible controller: DEC TGA2 (rev 34).
>       Medium devsel.  Fast back-to-back capable.  IRQ 28.  Master
> Capable.  Latency=255.  Min Gnt=8.Max Lat=64.
>       Non-prefetchable 32 bit memory at 0xa000000 [0xa000000]. 

This is a TGA2, which it NOT supported currently. There is a Cirrus dumb
VGA to provide console text mode; you may be able to run the Mono server
on that, but there's no server that supports the TGA2 accelerator.

--Jay++

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