Re: Diamond Viper V330 AGP

[Ryan Ware <ware shocking com>]

Actually the Diamond Viper V330 uses the Riva128 chipset which is
supported as of 3.3.3.1.  Even with acceleration I believe.  It's built
into the SVGA server like the Neomagic chipsets and a few others.

Ryan Ware
(ware shocking com)
http://www.shocking.com/~ware
PGP Key - http://www.shocking.com/~ware/other/Key.html

On Sun, 28 Feb 1999, Justin Young wrote:

> No, you're confused.  (Why you would think an old product like RH 5.0 would
> natively support that card when Windows 98 doesn't is beyond me.)  Use the
> latest SVGA server.  There is no accelerated server for that card.
> 
> Download the rpm updates from a RedHat mirror like
> ftp://ftp.cdrom/pub/linux/redhat/redhat-5.0/updates/i386/.
> 
> Grab the necessary rpms from there.
> 
> Install them using rpm -Uvh and Run XF86Config again.  (Don't both using
> Xconfigurator)
> 
> It does work.  If you're still confused, just use the VGA16 driver.  Yeah,
> you'll only have 16 colors.  But, you'll still have X! :^P
> 
> This does help.
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Brian Boerner <pez bit-net com>
> To: <redhat-install-list redhat com>
> Sent: Sunday, February 28, 1999 12:42 PM
> Subject: RE: Diamond Viper V330 AGP
> 
> 
> >It still doesn't have support for the Viper V330 AGP. Should I select an
> >unlisted card and try and config from there? Whenever I tried this with the
> >version that ships with 5.0, I can never get it to work. I do not have any
> >more details than that really at the moment.
> >
> >Brian
> >
> >
> 
> 
> 
> -- 
>   PLEASE read the Red Hat FAQ, Tips, Errata and the MAILING LIST ARCHIVES!
> 		http://www.redhat.com http://archive.redhat.com
>          To unsubscribe: mail redhat-install-list-request redhat com with 
>                        "unsubscribe" as the Subject.
> 
>