Subject: Re: VGA cards and AXPpci33 boards
To: None <port-alpha@netbsd.org>
From: None <kpneal@pobox.com>
List: port-alpha
Date: 10/23/2001 19:03:26
On Sun, Oct 21, 2001 at 10:26:46AM -0300, Jared D. McNeill wrote:
> I'm looking for a VGA card that will work with X on an AXPpci33 board. Any
> suggestions? So far I've tried:
 
>  Cirrus Logic CL5430	Display comes on and console works, but running X
> 			locks the machine.

I have a handful of cards, all ISA except for the S3 card in my AlphaStation
200. Luckily, every single card is usable as a console. Attempting to
start an X server does lock the machine solid, though. This is on
an AXPpci33.

Attempting to start X on my AS 200 with a PCI video card gives the exact
same error messages as the AXPpci33+ISA-VGA but doesn't lock the machine
up. 

I'm about to hit eBay to see if I can find a TGA card that will work
with X. There are PCI TGA/TGA2 cards, right?
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