Re: 3Dfx Voodoo Banshee

[Frank Carreiro <fcarreiro keylabs com>]

Actually the Xpert Work works quite nicely with Linux.  It's a different
chipset and the drivers are readily available.  The ATI 128 chipset
however is VERY different.  I tried all the ATI drivers, I tried VGA16,
SVGA, MONO.  Nothing.  In fact most of the time the system simply
crashed and locked up tight.  Power off and fsck time ;D

Rage Pro is also a different chipset.  I've gone online to the aTi
website and checked their cards out.

In detail my problem is that ANY driver selected (and I tried them all)
simply black screens the computer and hard locks it.  I've tried the
SUSE drivers also but I'm getting all sorts of error messages. I know
that if you purchased an aTi Rage Fury card that you too will go nuts.

I've just purchased a Voodoo3 card and will be installing the drivers
this evening.  Already downloaded them from the Internet so I'm pretty
sure I'm in good shape.  Running RH 5.2 and so I also downloaded the RH
6.0 glibc just in case I need them.  Read somewhere that it might be
necessary to install them.

Thx and I really appreciate the help all!

Frank



David Krings wrote:
> 
> Hi !
> 
>         Sorry that i can't give you any input for your request, but I wonder why
> you and so many others have so much problems with ATi cards. I use an Ati
> Xpert Work AGP with 8 Meg in my triple-boot machine (Win98, Linux, BeOS)
> and in all systems it works great with 1024x768 in TrueColourMode and
> flickerfree and fast (2D !!! - the 3D abilities really suck, but i don't
> care that much about that). I use the Rage Pro Turbo drivers which run
> perfectly on any system - dunno if they are oke for a Rage Fury too.
>         Am i a freak ? Do I have the only working ATi card ? What are your
> problems in detail ?
> 
>                 Just interested and I hope you find a card soon that satisfies you
> completely. To make your day, since i installed Win95/98 i never had a
> problem with it and i actually use my puter every day for various things.
> Hmmmm, looks like i am really a singularity, hehe. I can live with that !
> 
>                                 Greez
> 
>                                                 Dave
> 
> >I'm looking at throwing AWAY my crappy ATI Rage Fury card (returning
> >actually).  I'm considering a Voodoo Banshee 16 meg card and wonder what
> >driver would I use for this?  Has anyone been successful in getting this
> >card to work and how?
> >
> >I appreciate any advice.  I'm looking at doing this today.  I've HAD IT
> >with ATI.
> >
> >(ATI is the small Evil Empire)
> >(Microsoft is the Great Evil Empire)
> >
> >Thx
> >
> >Frank
> >
> >
> >
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