Re: tlug: graphics cards recommendations

["Jack Morgan" <yojack@example.com>]

I have use a G400 with Redhat 6.1. It was even auto-detected at boot time.
You shouldn't have any problem.

cheers
Jack Morgan



----- Original Message -----
From: Micheal E Cooper <mecooper@example.com>
To: <tlug@example.com>
Sent: Sunday, April 02, 2000 9:06 PM
Subject: Re: tlug: graphics cards recommendations


> Wonderful! I think I saw a G400 at the Yamada Denki that just opened in
> Hyuga City, about 30 minutes south of here. Since it become the year 2000,
> even northern Miyazaki has started to see motherboards and computer parts
in
> electronics stores. Thank you.
>
> As a further question to this... is AGP okay with this G400? The Red Hat
HCL
> states that "No card should be considered to be AGP or VLB unless the
> listing specifies it.", but I did not see AGP on the list. Does this mean
> that I should use a PCI card if I want good Linux support?
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Jonathan Q <jq@example.com>
> To: <tlug@example.com>
> Sent: Sunday, April 02, 2000 11:26 AM
> Subject: Re: tlug: graphics cards recommendations
>
>
> | On Sun, 2 Apr 2000, Micheal E Cooper wrote:
> |
> | > window, it is larger than the viewable area of my screen. So can
anyone
> | > recommend a graphics card for Linux that is not only compatible but
also
> | > enables full use of the card's capabilities?
> |
> | I'm very happy with the Matrox Millenium G400.  This is the second
> | Matrox card I've used (the other was a Millenium II) and they have both
> | been great.  It should be a rule of thumb to not buy no-name video
> | cards, because saving a little money there is not worth it for the
> | potential problems.  Asus makes good motherboards, but their video cards
> | are no-name.  This is an area where you should really stick to major
> | brands that are on the HCL for the version of X that you have.  Also,
> | it's a good idea to check compatibility with not just the vendor's site,
> | but on the actual XFree86 HCL.
> |
> | The whole problem you've had points up exactly why I think graphical
> | installers are bad, and wish vendors were not moving in that direction:
> | if the installer has a problem with your graphics card, you're stuck,
> | even if it would be supported by X once you got it installed.  My dad
> | had this same problem with a no-name card he had.  A G400 made a nice
> | cure, if the installer had been properly engineered to have a fallback
> | to the old-style Red Hat installer, this would not have been an issue.
> |
> | Jonathan
> |
> | --------------------------------------------------------------------
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> Next Technical Meeting: May 13 (Sat) 13:30 Temple University Japan
> * Topic: TBD
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