RE: Alpha gfx card support for Xorg
Marc Tipping <[email protected]> Fri, 15 Oct 2021 17:03:02 +0000
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--_000_VE1PR06MB6127206582A0E1DFF43CAAEDE6B99VE1PR06MB6127eurp_ Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hi Jason, Thanks - that's a bit sad about legacy cards. :( I guess this is Linux not = BSD. I really wasn't sure which cards would work so thanks for the suggestion, I= 'll see what I can pick up cheap. Cheers! Marc. Sent from my Galaxy -------- Original message -------- From: Jason Howe <[email protected]> Date: 15/10/2021 4:22 pm (GMT+00:00) To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [gentoo-alpha] Alpha gfx card support for Xorg Hi Marc, The big issue with those cards is that starting with xorg 1.13, the driver = model changed and a whole bunch of legacy cards lost anything but the most = basic 2D drivers. The result is that even a low spec GUI is kinda painful= to use. For those cards, you can always use the glint and s3virge in the VIDEO_CARD= S section of of your /etc/portage/make.conf and see if the performance is a= cceptable to you. On my DS20, I grabbed a VisionTek Radeon HD3450 PCI card off ebay for somet= hing like $30, which just builds with the radeon driver and associated firm= ware blobs in kernel config, and that's more than adequate for running even= a 1920x1200 screen off the Alpha. --Jason On 10/14/21 9:16 AM, Marc Tipping wrote: Hi, I've a Permedia2 and Trio64v2 I could potentially use with X on the DS10. T= he Gentoo Xorg doc is very modern GPU centric, I cant see any info on legac= y cards. Any thoughts on which driver(s)/config I need. Even an 8bit twm se= ssion would be enough ;). Cheers M. Sent from my Galaxy --_000_VE1PR06MB6127206582A0E1DFF43CAAEDE6B99VE1PR06MB6127eurp_ Content-Type: text/html; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <html> <head> <meta http-equiv=3D"Content-Type" content=3D"text/html; charset=3Dus-ascii"= > </head> <body> <div dir=3D"auto">Hi Jason,</div> <div dir=3D"auto"><br> </div> <div dir=3D"auto">Thanks - that's a bit sad about legacy cards. :( I guess = this is Linux not BSD.</div> <div dir=3D"auto"><br> </div> <div dir=3D"auto">I really wasn't sure which cards would work so thanks for= the suggestion, I'll see what I can pick up cheap. </div> <div dir=3D"auto"><br> </div> <div dir=3D"auto">Cheers!</div> <div dir=3D"auto"> Marc.</div> <div dir=3D"auto"><br> </div> <div dir=3D"auto"><br> </div> <div id=3D"composer_signature" dir=3D"auto"> <div dir=3D"auto" style=3D"font-size:85%; color:#575757">Sent from my Galax= y</div> </div> <div dir=3D"auto"><br> </div> <div><br> </div> <div><br> </div> <div>-------- Original message --------</div> <div>From: Jason Howe <[email protected]> </div> <div>Date: 15/10/2021 4:22 pm (GMT+00:00) </div> <div>To: [email protected] </div> <div>Subject: Re: [gentoo-alpha] Alpha gfx card support for Xorg </div> <div><br> </div> <div> <p>Hi Marc,</p> <p>The big issue with those cards is that starting with xorg 1.13, the driv= er model changed and a whole bunch of legacy cards lost anything but the mo= st basic 2D drivers. The result is that even a low spec GUI is = kinda painful to use.<br> <br> For those cards, you can always use the glint and s3virge in the VIDEO_CARD= S section of of your /etc/portage/make.conf and see if the performance is a= cceptable to you.<br> <br> On my DS20, I grabbed a VisionTek Radeon HD3450 PCI card off ebay for somet= hing like $30, which just builds with the radeon driver and associated firm= ware blobs in kernel config, and that's more than adequate for running even= a 1920x1200 screen off the Alpha. <br> </p> <p>--Jason<br> </p> <h1 class=3D"product-title"><br> </h1> <div class=3D"moz-cite-prefix">On 10/14/21 9:16 AM, Marc Tipping wrote:<br> </div> <blockquote type=3D"cite"> <div dir=3D"auto">Hi,</div> <div dir=3D"auto">I've a Permedia2 and Trio64v2 I could potentially use wit= h X on the DS10. The Gentoo Xorg doc is very modern GPU centric, I cant see= any info on legacy cards. Any thoughts on which driver(s)/config I need. E= ven an 8bit twm session would be enough ;). </div> <div dir=3D"auto">Cheers</div> <div dir=3D"auto">M.</div> <div dir=3D"auto"><br> </div> <div dir=3D"auto"><br> </div> <div dir=3D"auto"><br> </div> <div id=3D"composer_signature" dir=3D"auto"> <div dir=3D"auto" style=3D"font-size:85%; color:#575757">Sent from my Galax= y</div> </div> <div dir=3D"auto"><br> </div> </blockquote> </div> </body> </html> --_000_VE1PR06MB6127206582A0E1DFF43CAAEDE6B99VE1PR06MB6127eurp_--