[H-GEN] Aid and Assistance Sought

[Jason Henry Parker]

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Michael Anthon <mca at tams.com.au> writes:

> If all you want to do is get X up and running and you are not after super
> speed performance, I'd suggest getting a standard PCI S3 card.  I have had

One problem with using a PCI S3 card is you're not likely to get a
Linux framebuffer operating; there is some problem that mkes writing a
fb driver for these cards difficult.

As you say, howefer, if *all* you want is X, then an S3 will do just
fine.

jason
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