[plug] Changing X driver - Mandrake

[Kevin Shackleton]

Ryan wrote:
> 
> I have a similar card and use the XF86_Banshee server available here:
> 
> http://ftp.linux.dct.ufms.br/software/drivers/video/Creative/
> 
> (and hundreds of other places)
> 
> It includes instructions how to use it ... basically it is a matter of
> chucking it
> in /usr/X11R6/bin/ and changing the symlink /etc/X11/X to point to it.
> I don't know how this translates to Mandrake ... I speak Debian.
> 
> With X servers v4 and above I had DGA problems with various applications,
> I swapped back to the SVGA driver and it all still works fine.  So the standard
> SVGA server works perfectly with that card too.
> 
Thanks Ryan.  This Mandrake setup linked X to /usr/X11R6/bin/XFree86
which was a list of X settings, which was why I was put off changing the
link.  I did change the link to the SVGA driver and found it still has
the same problems - I think the card will be retired.

K.