[plug] Installing Debian

[Ari Finander]

I followed a link from the debian website to the hardware
compatability howto and it provided this information which appears to
contradict (to this newbie's eyes that is) what you've written below,
Matt:

6.1 Diamond video cards 
Most currently available Diamond cards ARE supported by the current
release of XFree86. Early Diamond cards may not be officially
supported by XFree86, but there are ways of getting them to work.
Diamond is now actively supporting the XFree86 Project. 

from: http://www.ibiblio.org/mdw/HOWTO/Hardware-HOWTO-6.html

Does my 8mb Diamond Viper 550 count as an 'early' card?

TIA,

Ari



>If it's a TNT card I think you will need to download & install the
Riva X
>server, because it is not free software and therefore will not be
released
>with Debian, ever.  If you go through the list archives I think there
are
>a few people who have had these cards working under Debian.
>
> - Matt
>
>
>.
>


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