07-29-2004
is this a dualboot machine? in a situation like this, it would be fortunate to be able to boot this machine up into Windows, to get a look at the info it has on the video card.
Did you set up a config file for XFree86? The handbook should walk you through this, but you're going to need to know information about your card.
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XGI(4) Kernel Interfaces Manual XGI(4)
NAME
xgi - XGI video driver
SYNOPSIS
Section "Device"
Identifier "devname"
Driver "xgi"
...
EndSection
DESCRIPTION
xgi is an XFree86 driver for XGI (Xabre Graphics Inc) video chips. The driver is accelerated, and provides support for colordepths of 8, 16
and 24 bpp. XVideo, Render and other extensions are supported as well.
SUPPORTED HARDWARE
The xgi driver supports PCI and AGP video cards based on the following chipsets:
Volari V3XT/V5/V8 Volari Z7
CONFIGURATION DETAILS
Please refer to XF86Config(5) for general configuration details. This section only covers configuration details specific to this driver.
SEE ALSO
XFree86(1), XF86Config(5), xf86config(1), Xserver(1), X(7)
AUTHORS
Authors include: Alan Hourihane, Mike Chapman, Juanjo Santamarta, Mitani Hiroshi, David Thomas, Sung-Ching Lin, Ademar Reis, Thomas Winis-
chhofer
XFree86 Version 4.7.0 XGI(4)