*- On 16 Apr, John Gay wrote about "Dual Boot Linux/NT and ATI Rage IIc video" > [NT stuff I don't know about] > > Problem 2. > My system has an ATI Rage IIc video card. I have seen quite a bit of > discussion > concerning this family of cards. When I tried to set up X Window, the Mach 64 > driver offers Rage II and Rage II+, but not Rage IIc. I was looking through > the > XFree web site and thought I had read that the Rage IIc WAS supported. I think > me CD set may not carry the most current Mach 64 server. I will try to have a > look around over the weekend for a more up-to-date version. My real question,
Unofficial 3.3.3.1 debs are at http://master.debian.org/~vincent/xfree-3.3.3.1/. If you use apt(you should) then add the following line to the top of your sources.list file and update deb http://master.debian.org/~vincent xfree-3.3.3.1/ > though is, I plan to get my daughter a cheap PC and set it up as an X > terminal, > from my system. I have, as I said before, an ATI Rage IIc AGP video card in my > PC. My question is; > Do I have to put the SAME video card in my daughter's PC to use it as an X > Terminal? > Can I just use the same Family of card, I.E. a PCI version of the Rage IIc, or > even a cheaper Mach 64 type card? > I know the console, Monitor and Keyboard, work over the remote X Terminal > set-up, but what about sound? > I have found a great site for setting up X Terminals, I don't have the URL, > but > I can post it if anyone is interested. > The xterminal can use whatever card it wants. A basic setup you would need for X on the other pc would be xdm, xserver-<chipset> and the required dependencies. You could even serve the fonts off of your main pc. -- Brian --------------------------------------------------------------------- "Never criticize anybody until you have walked a mile in their shoes, because by that time you will be a mile away and have their shoes." - unknown Mechanical Engineering [EMAIL PROTECTED] Purdue University http://www.ecn.purdue.edu/~servis ---------------------------------------------------------------------
