Re: linux driver compatibility

From: Joel Reicher (joel_at_panacea.null.org)
Date: 11/20/05 

Date: Sun, 20 Nov 2005 22:17:33 GMT

"Donna Troy" <l4dyA.D.A@gmail.com> writes:

> No, I'm using the KN400
> (http://www.via.com.tw/en/products/chipsets/k7-series/kn400/). They're
> pretty different, and when I try to configure it as a KM400 card, the
> screen blacks out. The OS seems to detect it on startup, but that's
> about as far as it goes. When I xinit, it returns the error "bad length
> in geometry." Does anyone know a solution to this one? (It also doesn't
> go higher than 8-bit color when I configure it as generic VGA.)

The vast majority of cards will work with standard VGA modes, but the
highest, as you've found, is 8-bit 640x480.

I'm a bit surprised xf86cfg isn't working correctly. Try running just

XFree86 -configure

and see what it comes up with. It should detect your hardware. The log
file of that command will probably be more useful than the prototype
config file it writes out.

Cheers,

        - Joel

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