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Author:  DeronKazmaier [ Wed Jan 25, 2006 12:02 am ]
Post subject:  Voodoo3 troubles installing on PegII
Hi!

I'm having troubles getting Debian 3.1r1 installed on a Pegasos II with a Voodoo3 2000 card. I think I have narrowed down my problems to the video card. I can't seem to find a definitive answer from searching the internet. When I try and start xwindows (startx), I get the error (amongst other stuff):

TDFX(0): No valid PIO address in PCI configuration.
Screen(s) found, but none have a usable configuration.

I presume the second message is just because TDFX dies. I have verified using lspci that I have the board at PCI:1:8:0, and I have tried a number of different options like no frame buffer and reducing resolution/refresh rates.

Do you know if this board works? I do not have a full copy of the XFree86.0.log file since I don't have any way to copy it to another computer yet, but I can try and get samba/smbfs up and running if that would help.

Thanks in advance!

Deron
Author:  Neko [ Wed Jan 25, 2006 3:46 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Voodoo3 troubles installing on PegII
Quote:
Hi!

I'm having troubles getting Debian 3.1r1 installed on a Pegasos II with a Voodoo3 2000 card. I think I have narrowed down my problems to the video card. I can't seem to find a definitive answer from searching the internet. When I try and start xwindows (startx), I get the error (amongst other stuff):

TDFX(0): No valid PIO address in PCI configuration.
Screen(s) found, but none have a usable configuration.

I presume the second message is just because TDFX dies. I have verified using lspci that I have the board at PCI:1:8:0, and I have tried a number of different options like no frame buffer and reducing resolution/refresh rates.

Do you know if this board works? I do not have a full copy of the XFree86.0.log file since I don't have any way to copy it to another computer yet, but I can try and get samba/smbfs up and running if that would help.

Thanks in advance!
Hi Deron,

We don't really support 3dfx cards as their driver support is pretty old and flakey, and the hardware is getting notoriously unreliable. I have 2 3dfx cards on hand at home and neither of them works 100% (PCI Voodoo3 boots only intermittently, AGP TV 3500 one the TV chip has died, and it overheats way too much on simple 3D).

Not BEING at home I can't check up on it, and with Sven being the best person with X configs but in Madrid, I hope you can be patient a couple days while I research and work out what is wrong, but I am sure there is a simple solution. Have you tried running XF86Config app and going through the textual menus to select the card and resolution?

At the end of the day my suggestion would be to buy a Radeon. I thought you had an ODW, though? In which case you have a Radeon already? Is it just that you don't have the full profile bracket, because we can probably find one and get that to you if you need it.

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Matt Sealey
Manager, Developer Relations
Author:  DeronKazmaier [ Wed Jan 25, 2006 5:00 pm ]
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Hi Matt,
I've used everything from dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xfree86, to xf86cfg, to xf86config. No go. Always "No valid PIO address in PCI configuration". Whatever the problem is, I don't beleive it is a simple configuration issue.

I do have a 7500 laying around here in a box somewhere, I just was trying to use the card that was already in it and working with MorphOS! I'll try that later today just to get this moving along.

Forgive my ignorance, but I don't know what ODW means. If it implies that the PegII I have has some kind of on board videa, that would be great but I don't see how. At least along the backplane I can account for everything (midi, sound, parallel, serial, usb, ethernet, firewire, kbd/mouse). I don't see anything that indicates to me that it is video on the board, but I'd love to be wrong about that :-)

Thanks for your help,

Deron
Author:  bbrv [ Wed Jan 25, 2006 7:43 pm ]
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Deron, we will send you a "care package" in the next few days. Included will be a new ATI video card...;-)

R&B :D
Author:  bbrv [ Mon Jan 30, 2006 6:01 am ]
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Ships today...
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