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Thanks. X works with the tga driver, but only in 8 bit mode (but that's not a problem). |
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I also saw that many Gentoo packages are not *supported* for Alpha, but they build. Is there some place where I can tell when I manage to compile a package and test it ? Maybe in this list ? |
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Best wishes, Fabien |
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De: Donsbach, Jeff [mailto:jeff.donsbach@××.com] |
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Date: ven. 09.01.2004 16:04 |
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À: gentoo-alpha@l.g.o |
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Cc: |
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Objet: RE: [gentoo-alpha] Installation on a Digital Personal Workstation 433au |
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Fabien wrote: |
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> My problem is that the box still has it's original TGA2 graphic card |
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which is not |
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> supported by xfree. |
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Yes it is. Has been for quite a while. At least it is in other distros |
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like Red Hat and Debian and the support was submitted back to the Xfree |
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maintainers (thanks to Jay Estabrook). |
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> Can I change the graphic board with *ANY* pci card ? Or do I have to |
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search for a |
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> Alpha-specific card ? |
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Matrox Millenium[II], Permedia 2 based boards and ATI Radeon 7500 all |
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work well and are supported as well. But, you should be able to get your |
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TGA2 going. |
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