Hello everybody,
Sorry for the late summary. Well: I just could not get this card going
with Digital Unix 4.0a. Apparently I picked a card which had an
unsupported RAMDAC or something but still ran under the same name ATI
Mach64-GX.
Thanks to
JB barnwell_at_eksystems.com
Dr Marco Luchini <m.luchini_at_ic.ac.uk>
Dave Golden <golden_at_falcon.invincible.com>
Eric Zundel Ayers <Eric.Ayers_at_compgen.com>
Hellebo Knut <Knut.Hellebo_at_nho.hydro.com>
for their suggestions and help.
Tom
This is my original posting:
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Hi,
I'm running Digital Unix 4.0 and wanted to replace my PowerStorm 3D10
(S3 based) graphics card because there is a bug in the S3 part of the
DU X-Server which is unacceptable for us (I can post details if anyone
is interested). Now my dealer loaned me an ATI Mach64-GX card for
testing but I just could not get the X-server going with it.
This is what I did:
1.) Modified kernel to include
controller ati0 at pci0 slot 7
rather than
controller trio0 at pci0 slot 7
2.) Build a new kernel and saved it as /vmunix.ati
3.) Shut down, turn off, replace graphics card.
4.) Boot up with vmunix.ati, ATI0 appears correctly in the boot
messages:
ati0 at pci0 slot 7
ati0: ATI Mach64-GX Rev. 0 (SVGA)
5.) But the X server does not start up. It clears the screen, flashes
a bit and the screen stays dark. I've already tried all sorts
of Xdec switches including -showConfigs which did not reveal anything
unusual.
6.) I tried ">>> isacfg -init". No go.
7.) I tried ">>> set pci_parity off" as stated in the DU 4.0 release
notes: No go.
8.) Sizer -gt said "ATI64".
Another dealer told me that he had to replace all ATI cards at
customer sites with PowerStorm 3D10 because they would not work anymore
with DU 4.0! Is this true?
Or am I missing something? Perhaps the revision of the card (Rev.0) is
too old.
And one more thing: The card is equipped with 4MB of video ram (it has
a video ram daughterboard on it). As a side note: When I manage to
get it going: Can I use the 4MB anyway?
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