Re: tlug: Running X with Riva128

[Takeshi Hakamada <hakamada@example.com>]

Scott Stone wrote:

> On Sat, 3 Oct 1998, Takeshi Hakamada wrote:
>
> > > > Does anybody have idea? Any help would be greatly appreciated.
> > > > If I can't run X with STB card, I immediately replace the video card.
> > > >
> > > > Following is my environment:
> > > > Mother board: EPoX MVP3 based card
> > > > CPU: K6-2 300MHz
> > > > VIDEO: STB Velocity 128 AGP(Riva128)
> > >
> > > Really, I have exactly the same motherboard, CPU, and video card at home
> > > -- works great for me (so it is possible to make it work :) )
> > >
> >
> > Odd...
> > Besides above configuration, I have installed Initio(aka Abaptek) 9200UW
> > dual Ultra Wide SCSI card and Ensoniq Audio PCI sound card.
> > So PnP configuration on BIOS might be something bad. I think it is worth
> > removing these cards. I'll have a go.
> >
>
> Try it.  The Riva128 *must* have an IRQ assigned to it in order to work
> with Linux, BTW.  Make sure that your CMOS is assigning it one, and that
> it's not conflicting with your fancy-pants SCSI and sound cards :)

I forgot to tell you that I *also* have Intel EtherExpress Pro100 100BaseT
card. I noticed this card share IRQ 11 with Riva128. Then I suspected this
card prevent me from running Xserver.
After I changed PCI bus number of EtherExpress from #1 to #4, it has used
IRQ5 and I was able to run Xserver!

However,  I still concern that IRQ5 is shared with my fancy dual channel
SCSI and EtherExpress since IRQ sharing may cause problem like this.

PnP sucks!

Takeshi



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