From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mail.gmx.net (mail.gmx.de [213.165.64.20]) by dsl2.external.hp.com (Postfix) with SMTP id 070A548C7 for ; Sun, 15 Feb 2004 02:28:19 -0700 (MST) From: Helge Deller To: parisc-linux@lists.parisc-linux.org Subject: Re: [parisc-linux] C3000 video options Date: Sun, 15 Feb 2004 10:27:59 +0100 References: In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Message-Id: <200402151027.59161.deller@gmx.de> Cc: List-Id: parisc-linux developers list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , On Sunday 15 February 2004 04:36, M. Grabert wrote: > > 2) Someone posted on the list that you could get a PCI Nvidia Voodoo2 > > card and maybe it would work, but when he tried it he got nothing except > > corrupted nvram. That doesn't sound very promising, but I thought I'd > > ask. > > Someone tried Voodoo2, but no success report so far. I tested/fixed Vodoo2 and it should work with kernel 2.4 and 2.6 on HPPA. Maximum resolution is 800x600 @16bpp though. > Somebody had success with a ATI Rage XL graphics card and a 2.4.22 kernel > (and a special no-bios patch). He had some colour issues 'though. > Unfortunatelty the patch doesn't work on the 2.4.24 kernel anymore; > I contacted the developer of this patch, and he said he's busy with some > other things, and porting it to 2.4.24 (or even 2.6) will be low priority. The "no-card-bios" patch is at least in kernel 2.6 and I tried it recently with a ATI Mach64 w/ 2MB (not XL!!). I got some crashes, but chances are pretty high that this could be made work. Helge