Date: Thu, 15 Oct 1992 18:27:36 EDT From: Mike Tierney <MBT3@psuvm.psu.edu> Subject: Re: *** Quick! *** Need Trident chipset info for X!
In article <1992Oct15.193558.16745@primerd.prime.com>, cummings@bbird8.Prime.COM
(Kevin Cummings) says:
>In article <92289.140656MBT3@psuvm.psu.edu>, Mike Tierney <MBT3@psuvm.psu.edu>
>writes:
>|> You can run X in 1024x768 with almost any video card.
>|> So really, as long as you stick to a popular chipset (such as T4000),
>|> you should have no problems.
>Is it just me, or do these two sentences not agree when placed next to
>each other? An ET4000 based is no where near close to "almost any video
>card",
So sorry for putting two sentences in the same post that suggested
two different ideas. Perhaps that's too many for some to take. What I
generally meant was that while X386 will support almost any video card,
it is probably a good idea to stick to a more popular chipset so that
you will almost assuredly be able to use your card with X in higher res
modes with no problem.
>and further the Xfree86 software supports more video cards than just the
>ET4000 (though almost everyone who doesn't own one of the cards supported
>will agree that it doesn't support enough video cards!).
I certainly didn't mean that! I know numerous people running X under
Linux, and I'm almost certain I'm the only Tseng 4000 among them. There's
really no need to pile flames on people who are simply trying to help others.
But then if it was any other way, it wouldn't be USENET, now, would it?
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