Travis,
I think your card should be supported. You may just have a weird
PCI ID on that card that happens to not be recognized. it should work
with the ati or r128 driver (you can specify either). What does your
/etc/X11/XF86Config-4 file and output of "lspci -v" look like? you may
have to override the the autodetection of the x server. I believe this
is done using the "ChipID" option in your config, but I can't recall;
I'm sure someone on the list can tell you. alternately you can
download rpms for a newer version of X that supports your card out of
the box.
One more thing, are you using this card in conjuntion with another
video card? Back when I had a PCI r128 based card, it would only work
if it was the primary card (although this may have been fixed since),
so you may have to make adjustments for that. If you are using it with
a AGP card, change the BIOS to initialize PCI first, if you are using
it with another PCI card, swap their slots.
hope this helps,
Alex
--- Travis Murphree <travis@bcnconsultants.com> wrote:
> Hi.
>
>
>
> I'm brand new to Linux. I mean an absolute virgin, so don't laugh
> too
> hard at my question. My PC's a homemade clone built with name-brand
> parts, and I just added an ATI Xpert 128 PCI video card. I just got
> Red
> Hat Linux v7.2 with a book I bought, and I got Red Hat v7.2 up and
> running in console mode, but when I tried to launch X windows with
> XFree86, I got a fatal server error message. It said something like
> "video card recognized, but not included in xfree86." I could write
> down the exact message if needed if someone thinks they can help me
> out.
> I'm trying to get this up and running on my computer so that I can
> learn
> it to help a client of mine.
>
>
>
> Thanks,
>
> Travis Murphree
>
>
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