Re: old mach64 server new ati server
Patrick Deelman <[email protected]>
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Marc Aurele La France wrote: >On Mon, 2 Dec 2002, Patrick Deelman wrote: > > > >>I installed my old mach64 ati card into my machine to create a sweet >>dual cga setup. Right now i'm using 4.2.1 and the ati driver only >>enables me to run 8 bit mode. So reading some documentation i figured >>out that the ati sriver limits my card to a non-ati card so i can only >>do 8 bit mode. >> >> > >That's not the reason. > > > >>My question is how can i run my card now at 16 bbp at 1024x786 so i can >>look at my screen a nice way. Can i import the 3.3.6 driver or can i >>modify the source of the driver. Maybe there are agressive options to >>enable 16 bbp? Right now i'm stuck and couldn't find any help in the >>docs i i'm turning to the newbie mail list. >> >> > >You can do 1024x768@8bpp. I haven't had a chance to port all >XF86_Mach64's RAMDAC support yet. > > Hmmm... too bad. looks like i have to wait then :( well offcourse the next question. Any idea when it will be fixed? Sure would be great to see in 16 bbp. Thanks for the quick reply. Patrick _______________________________________________ Newbie mailing list [email protected] *** To unsubscribe , or change message options, see: http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/newbie