From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 13359 invoked from network); 9 Jan 2004 15:04:41 +0000 Received: from smtp.gentoo.org (128.193.0.39) by eagle.gentoo.oregonstate.edu with DES-CBC3-SHA encrypted SMTP; 9 Jan 2004 15:04:41 +0000 Received: from lists.gentoo.org ([128.193.0.34] helo=eagle.gentoo.org) by smtp.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.24) id 1AeyBk-0000g7-Qd for arch-gentoo-alpha@lists.gentoo.org; Fri, 09 Jan 2004 15:04:40 +0000 Received: (qmail 10654 invoked by uid 50004); 9 Jan 2004 15:04:40 +0000 Mailing-List: contact gentoo-alpha-help@gentoo.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-alpha@gentoo.org Received: (qmail 7956 invoked from network); 9 Jan 2004 15:04:40 +0000 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft Exchange V6.0.6487.1 content-class: urn:content-classes:message MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Date: Fri, 9 Jan 2004 10:04:38 -0500 Message-ID: X-MS-Has-Attach: X-MS-TNEF-Correlator: Thread-Topic: [gentoo-alpha] Installation on a Digital Personal Workstation 433au Thread-Index: AcPWpsMUf9RjRHfnQvCQs3gWv/1q3AAGoUtA From: "Donsbach, Jeff" To: X-OriginalArrivalTime: 09 Jan 2004 15:04:39.0611 (UTC) FILETIME=[E76B58B0:01C3D6C1] Subject: RE: [gentoo-alpha] Installation on a Digital Personal Workstation 433au X-Archives-Salt: f77f20f7-c5f3-48d2-9cba-8796a76f1ce6 X-Archives-Hash: 1c42bf5db368e1499e86783e424dc89d Fabien wrote: > My problem is that the box still has it's original TGA2 graphic card which is not > supported by xfree.=20 Yes it is. Has been for quite a while. At least it is in other distros like Red Hat and Debian and the support was submitted back to the Xfree maintainers (thanks to Jay Estabrook). > Can I change the graphic board with *ANY* pci card ? Or do I have to search for a > Alpha-specific card ? Matrox Millenium[II], Permedia 2 based boards and ATI Radeon 7500 all work well and are supported as well. But, you should be able to get your TGA2 going. Jeff D -- gentoo-alpha@gentoo.org mailing list