From: Gary Pigott (tycho at domain csn.ul.ie)
Date: Wed 13 Oct 1999 - 10:32:27 IST
The ATI Rage LT Pro chipset requires an updated Mach 64 X server.
I've got a Samsung GS6366XT laptop and X works fine.
I can send it to you if you need it. (I've lost the original URL).
Gary
----- Original Message -----
From: chekov <chekov at domain indigo.ie>
To: <ilug at domain linux.ie>
Sent: 12 October 1999 18:22
Subject: Re: [ILUG] Laptop request
> I just went through the nightmare of installing a Xircom Realport CE3
> 10/100
> nic card on a Compaq Armada 1750 (avoid this laptop btw, it requires
> serious work to get X to work on the ATI RAGE LT PRO card that comes
> with it). It seems that Xircom changed the card without changing the
> model number recently, breaking the linux driver (xirc2ps_cs.c) which
> was (until very recently) unmaintained. So old versions of the card
> work
> while new ones do not. To get it to work I had to apply a patch by
> hand,
> from some obscure mailing list. The most recent version of the pcmcia
> package has the patch in it, (although the pcmcia docs refer to the
> xircom driver as unmaintained so I don't know how it got there and the
> Xircom development list seems unaware of the fix). This Linux mailing
> list for Xircom driver development at
>
> http://hyper.stanford.edu/HyperNews/get/pcmcia/xircom.html
>
> However a very small proportion of the posts are solutions. In general
> the list goes like this:
>
> MSG1: My Xircom whatever card doesnt work
> > MSG2: yeah me too
> > MSG3: and me
> .
> .
> .
> > MSG10 Here is why it doesnt work, Xircom have done this, there is
> no solution.
>
> >From this experience I'd counsel avoiding Xircom cards absolutely,
> anybody
> who changes the chips on a card without telling anybody is an idiot, it
> is
> not surprising that these people don't support Linux.
>
> (Incidentally the ATI RAGE PRO LT card was apparently also changed
> without
> changing the part number. So while all of the documentation for xfree
> says
> that it is supported by 3.3.5, actually it seems that only older cards
> are
> supported, mine unfortunately was not, although that is another story..)
>
> Chekov Feeney.
>
>
>
> "John P . Looney" wrote:
> >
> > On Tue, Oct 12, 1999 at 10:50:26AM +0100, Jakma, Paul mentioned:
> > > > What about PCMCIA NICs ? Any particular makes/models which just
work
> > > > ?
> > > xircom's work pretty well ime.
> >
> > Are they not a nasty company that won't tell Linux programmers how to
> > program their products ?
> >
> > AFAIK, all the Xircom drivers are reverse engineered. Buy stuff that
> > supports Linux in some way.
> >
> > Kate
> >
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