Laurent Thanks for that. The Sunsolve reference was one I had not seen and was useful. However, the problem is when I let the linux anaconda handle the new graphic card it is prompting for an "XFree86 SUN24 rpm" which I have not been able to locate I suspect it may be in the XFree86_3.3.6 rpm it certainly is not mentioned for the latest release, but the docs are not clear. I have tried to install the latest XFree86 V4.2.1 but that did not seem to work; the system blanked the screen when I typed startx and some disc activity took place but no screen displayed, control alt backspaced to kill Xserver it worked and went back to command line terminal. Perhaps my understanding of the anaconda process was in error, the system prompted for the CDROM 1 first, then asked for the ATI Rage drivers again. The Creative card is not based on the ATI Rage chip set or is it? If I get it working I certainly will post results. Thanks and regards Keith Laurent Blume wrote: > Keith R Kilby wrote: > >> I have recently installed the Aurora (Redhat 7.3) version of linux on >> a Sun Ultra10. >> >> I am able to get the system up and working to a terminal screen and >> can start xwindows with the on board graphics card, which appears to >> be so form of ATI Rage Pro. However, the Ultra10 is badged as a >> Creator3D and appears to be fitted with an additional display card >> which seems to be a Creative 3D. I am trying to ascertain wether >> any of the XFree86 servers will provide support on the Sparc >> architecture for this card or if the source could be used to produce >> a suitable server for such a system. >> >> Thanks for any help >> > > From Sun and XFree docs, I think you should be able to use it with the > sunffb driver. > I'mm wondering if it's going to have a good hardware acceleration > support, though, since Sun 3D cards are quite proprietary. > > Would you post your results and if it works, how fast it feels ? > > Thanks! > > Laurent Blume > > Ref: > http://www.xfree86.org/current/Status32.html#32 > http://sunsolve.sun.com/pub-cgi/retrieve.pl?doc=finfodoc%2F18871&zone_32=ffb > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Newbie@XFree86.Org > *** To unsubscribe , or change message options, see: > http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/newbie > _______________________________________________ Newbie@XFree86.Org *** To unsubscribe , or change message options, see: http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/newbie
