VIA ApploPro 133A AGP 4x Mode - comp.os.linux.hardware

2h31d adjusted his/her tin foil beanie and asbestos underwear to write: > So how to make it work in linux ? > Video GeForse 440 MX > X.org Install drivers -- Mark Illegitimi Non Carborundum! Twixt hill and high water, N.Wales, UK onfxvgpnvfr-ng-tzk-qbg-pb-hx

Drivers for Video Card is installed, AGP driver in kernel is enebled too. Any other suggestions? "baskitcaise" <baskitcaise@hotmail.com> ???????/???????? ? ???????? ?????????: news:33vot0F44uoo0U2@individual.net... > 2h31d adjusted his/her tin foil beanie and asbestos underwear to write: > > > So how to make it work in linux ? > > Video GeForse 440 MX > > X.org > > Install drivers > > -- > Mark > Illegitimi Non Carborundum! > Twixt hill and high water, N.Wales, UK > onfxvgpnvfr-ng-tzk-qbg-pb-hx

2h31d adjusted his/her tin foil beanie and asbestos underwear to write: > Drivers for Video Card is installed, AGP driver in kernel is enebled > too. Any other suggestions? Well a bit more info would help, like what distro, what settings, how have you tried to configure, monitor settings, Xorg or XFree ? Might help for starters, we may be good but we are not that good. -- Mark Illegitimi Non Carborundum! Twixt hill and high water, N.Wales, UK onfxvgpnvfr-ng-tzk-qbg-pb-hx

On Tue, 04 Jan 2005 16:01:19 +0200, 2h31d wrote: > So how to make it work in linux ? > Video GeForse 440 MX > X.org I am sorry that I can't provide an answer, but I can tell you that with an Apollo 133A on my old Asus VP6 (smp), mobo and a Chaintech MX 440 card with the nVidia driver, I have never been able to get better than AGP 2x. The box locks up if I try. I did some research on it a couple of years ago when I acquired the hardware, but I never did find an answer. Geoff

"baskitcaise" <baskitcaise@hotmail.com> ???????/???????? ? ???????? ?????????: news:3405p4F439m0kU1@individual.net... > 2h31d adjusted his/her tin foil beanie and asbestos underwear to write: > > > Drivers for Video Card is installed, AGP driver in kernel is enebled > > too. Any other suggestions? > > Well a bit more info would help, like what distro, what settings, how > have you tried to configure, monitor settings, Xorg or XFree ? > > Might help for starters, we may be good but we are not that good. > > > -- > Mark > Illegitimi Non Carborundum! > Twixt hill and high water, N.Wales, UK > onfxvgpnvfr-ng-tzk-qbg-pb-hx I have "DeepStyle" Linux distro, it is Slackware current tweaked for Ukranian users, X.org and latest NVIDIA drivers, in xorg.conf i just added some strings like it written in help file from NVIDIA, and I eneable AGP 4x mode in BIOS Setup, also i have same troble with W2K some windows guru told me that I shuld play with AGP Driving Contro and AGP Driving value in the BIOS Setup, but in my BIOS this options present but not active so i can't change them, (AGP Driving Control is set Manual, AGP Driving value FF). May be i shuld reflash my BIOS, anyway thanks for response and sorry for my English.

"Geoff" <capsthorne@yahoo.co.uk> ???????/???????? ? ???????? ?????????: news:pan.2005.01.04.19.47.46.708064@yahoo.co.uk... > On Tue, 04 Jan 2005 16:01:19 +0200, 2h31d wrote: > > > So how to make it work in linux ? > > Video GeForse 440 MX > > X.org > > I am sorry that I can't provide an answer, but I can tell you that with an > Apollo 133A on my old Asus VP6 (smp), mobo and a Chaintech MX 440 card > with the nVidia driver, I have never been able to get better than AGP 2x. > The box locks up if I try. I did some research on it a couple of years > ago when I acquired the hardware, but I never did find an answer. > > Geoff My PC is locks up too when I try to enable 4x in W2k but in Linux it is just in 2x mode. Can you recall, how you make it hangs under Linux? It culd be a little step to make it work. sh31d

On 01/04/05 19:31, 2h31d wrote: > So how to make it work in linux ? > Video GeForse 440 MX > X.org Check, whether your driver support an option: Section "Device" Identifier "Card0" Driver "ati" VendorName "ATI Technologies Inc" BoardName "Radeon Mobility M7 LW [Radeon Mobility 7500]" BusID "PCI:1:0:0" ## Available Driver options are:- ## Values: : integer, <f>: float, <bool>: "True"/"False", ## <string>: "String", <freq>: "<f> Hz/kHz/MHz" ## [arg]: arg optional #Option "NoAccel" # [<bool>] [snip] Option "AGPMode" "2" # #Option "AGPFastWrite" "true" # [<bool>] #Option "AGPSize" # [snip] ... EndSection Hope that helps. -- Dr Balwinder Singh Dheeman Registered Linux User: #229709 CLLO (Chief Linux Learning Officer) Machines: #168573, 170593, 259192 Anu's Linux@HOME Distros: Knoppix, Fedora, FreeBSD More: http://anu.homelinux.net/~bsd/ Visit: http://counter.li.org/

On Wed, 05 Jan 2005 15:23:19 +0200, 2h31d wrote: <snip> > > My PC is locks up too when I try to enable 4x in W2k but in Linux it is > just in 2x mode. Can you recall, how you make it hangs under Linux? It > culd be a little step to make it work. > It has been quite a while since I tried to make it work, so my memory may be faulty. I still have the box, but it is in use and I can't try to reproduce what I did at the moment. As I recall, however, when I set AGP 4x in the bios the box did not immediately lock up, but would do so when I tried to run the only game/simulator I use regularly, which is FlightGear (www.flightgear.org). I do not have a good understanding of graphics and so there is no point in me trying to diagnose why that would cause the lock up. I was, by the way, running XFree86 Version 4.3.0 under Slackware 9.1. I would have been using the current nVidia driver, but I have upgraded that several times without trying to find out if any of the revisions has cured the AGP 4x issue - as you can see I do not really make fast graphics a high priority. When I get a chance I will try the AGP 4x again, but it won't be very soon I am afraid - if your e-mail address is valid I will let you know what I find. Geoff

"Geoff" <capsthorne@yahoo.co.uk> ???????/???????? ? ???????? ?????????: news:pan.2005.01.06.09.14.37.483213@yahoo.co.uk... > On Wed, 05 Jan 2005 15:23:19 +0200, 2h31d wrote: > > <snip> > > > > My PC is locks up too when I try to enable 4x in W2k but in Linux it is > > just in 2x mode. Can you recall, how you make it hangs under Linux? It > > culd be a little step to make it work. > > > It has been quite a while since I tried to make it work, so my memory may > be faulty. I still have the box, but it is in use and I can't try to > reproduce what I did at the moment. As I recall, however, when I set AGP > 4x in the bios the box did not immediately lock up, but would do so when I > tried to run the only game/simulator I use regularly, which is FlightGear > (www.flightgear.org). I do not have a good understanding of graphics and > so there is no point in me trying to diagnose why that would cause the > lock up. I was, by the way, running XFree86 Version 4.3.0 under Slackware > 9.1. I would have been using the current nVidia driver, but I have > upgraded that several times without trying to find out if any of the > revisions has cured the AGP 4x issue - as you can see I do not really make > fast graphics a high priority. When I get a chance I will try the AGP 4x > again, but it won't be very soon I am afraid - if your e-mail address is > valid I will let you know what I find. > > Geoff Thank you. I just chenge my e-mai it is 2h31d@ua.fm 2h31d

"Dr Balwinder Singh Dheeman" <bsd.sanspam@cto.homelinux.net> ???????/???????? ? ???????? ?????????: news:5r8ua2-0oi.ln1@news.sebs.org.in... > On 01/04/05 19:31, 2h31d wrote: > > So how to make it work in linux ? > > Video GeForse 440 MX > > X.org > > Check, whether your driver support an option: > > Section "Device" > Identifier "Card0" > Driver "ati" > VendorName "ATI Technologies Inc" > BoardName "Radeon Mobility M7 LW [Radeon Mobility 7500]" > BusID "PCI:1:0:0" > ## Available Driver options are:- > ## Values: : integer, <f>: float, <bool>: "True"/"False", > ## <string>: "String", <freq>: "<f> Hz/kHz/MHz" > ## [arg]: arg optional > #Option "NoAccel" # [<bool>] > [snip] > Option "AGPMode" "2" # > #Option "AGPFastWrite" "true" # [<bool>] > #Option "AGPSize" # > [snip] > ... > EndSection > > Hope that helps. > > -- > Dr Balwinder Singh Dheeman Registered Linux User: #229709 > CLLO (Chief Linux Learning Officer) Machines: #168573, 170593, 259192 > Anu's Linux@HOME Distros: Knoppix, Fedora, FreeBSD > More: http://anu.homelinux.net/~bsd/ Visit: http://counter.li.org/ Thank's I'll try that. 2h31d

2h31d adjusted his/her tin foil beanie and asbestos underwear to write: > My PC is locks up too when I try to enable 4x in W2k but in Linux it > is just in 2x mode. Can you recall, how you make it hangs under Linux? > It culd be a little step to make it work. > > sh31d Apologies for late response, have been busy :) I think this is a motherboard problem IIRC some boards would not enable the 4x agp unless the bios had been updated, also some cards would not let you run in 4x mode even though they were supposed to, the difference between 2x and 4x is not noticeable in the long run anyway, If it was me I would stay with the most stable. You could try the different agp gart options in the XF86config in /etc/X11 ( bit hazy on slack have not used it for years so it might be slightly different ) Here is a snip from mine:- <<--snip-->> Section "Device" BoardName "0x0312" BusID "1:0:0" Driver "nvidia" Identifier "Device[0]" Option "NoLogo" "on" Option "NvAGP" "3" Option "RenderAccel" "on" VendorName "NVidia" EndSection <<--pins-->> The default setting for the NvAGP option is "3" but some cards have a problem with this setting so try any from "0" which is no agp upto "3" snip from Nvidia readme:- <<--snip-->> Option "NvAGP" "integer" Configure AGP support. Integer argument can be one of: 0 : disable agp 1 : use NVIDIA's internal AGP support, if possible 2 : use AGPGART, if possible 3 : use any agp support (try AGPGART, then NVIDIA's AGP) Please note that NVIDIA's internal AGP support cannot work if AGPGART is either statically compiled into your kernel or is built as a module, but loaded into your kernel (some distributions load AGPGART into the kernel at boot up). Default: 3 (the default was 1 until after 1.0-1251). <<--pins-->> I don`t think that it will do any good for the AGP speed but might increase stability though. Just make sure you have a backup of you XF86Config so you can copy it back if it all goes down the toilet and the Xserver will not start with the new settings. HTH Your English is fine, your first post was just a little bit short on info thats all :) Take care -- Mark Illegitimi Non Carborundum! Twixt hill and high water, N.Wales, UK onfxvgpnvfr-ng-tzk-qbg-pb-hx

"baskitcaise" <baskitcaise@hotmail.com> ???????/???????? ? ???????? ?????????: news:344h98F44t1uoU1@individual.net... > 2h31d adjusted his/her tin foil beanie and asbestos underwear to write: > > > > My PC is locks up too when I try to enable 4x in W2k but in Linux it > > is just in 2x mode. Can you recall, how you make it hangs under Linux? > > It culd be a little step to make it work. > > > > sh31d > > Apologies for late response, have been busy :) > > I think this is a motherboard problem IIRC some boards would not enable > the 4x agp unless the bios had been updated, also some cards would not > let you run in 4x mode even though they were supposed to, the > difference between 2x and 4x is not noticeable in the long run anyway, > If it was me I would stay with the most stable. > > You could try the different agp gart options in the XF86config > in /etc/X11 ( bit hazy on slack have not used it for years so it might > be slightly different ) > > > Here is a snip from mine:- > > > <<--snip-->> > > Section "Device" > BoardName "0x0312" > BusID "1:0:0" > Driver "nvidia" > Identifier "Device[0]" > Option "NoLogo" "on" > Option "NvAGP" "3" > Option "RenderAccel" "on" > VendorName "NVidia" > EndSection > > <<--pins-->> > > The default setting for the NvAGP option is "3" but some cards have a > problem with this setting so try any from "0" which is no agp upto "3" > > > snip from Nvidia readme:- > > <<--snip-->> > > > Option "NvAGP" "integer" > Configure AGP support. Integer argument can be one of: > 0 : disable agp > 1 : use NVIDIA's internal AGP support, if possible > 2 : use AGPGART, if possible > 3 : use any agp support (try AGPGART, then NVIDIA's AGP) > Please note that NVIDIA's internal AGP support cannot > work if AGPGART is either statically compiled into your > kernel or is built as a module, but loaded into your > kernel (some distributions load AGPGART into the kernel > at boot up). Default: 3 (the default was 1 until after > 1.0-1251). > > <<--pins-->> > > I don`t think that it will do any good for the AGP speed but might > increase stability though. > > Just make sure you have a backup of you XF86Config so you can copy it > back if it all goes down the toilet and the Xserver will not start with > the new settings. > > HTH > > Your English is fine, your first post was just a little bit short on > info thats all :) > > Take care > > -- > Mark > Illegitimi Non Carborundum! > Twixt hill and high water, N.Wales, UK > onfxvgpnvfr-ng-tzk-qbg-pb-hx Thanks. I'll try to play with this settings. 2h31d