RE: Intel i740 Configuration

["Atul Chitnis" <achitnis@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> i've an Intel i740 AGP card (3D) and a ViewSonic 15 " monitor (E653).
>
> i've problem in configuring xwindows. irrespective of the 8 mb
> vram, the system doesn't recognise it.
> the display mode i get is only 320X200 and that too only a corner
> of the display is visible.
>
> can somebody help me out on this ?

The i740 was an unsupported card because Intel refused to release any
programming information for it. This changed recently, but too recently for
the Xfree86 guys to get the driver into the latest XFree86 distribution.
However, you can download the driver from RedHat's FTP site from the XBF
area.

Atul


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