[geeks] Re: [rescue] FS/FT: PGX32 24-bit PCI video card

[James Sharp]

On Sat, 16 Mar 2002, Kurt Mosiejczuk wrote:

> On Sat, 16 Mar 2002, Bill Bradford wrote:
>
> > I've got a TechSource Raptor GFX-8P (aka Sun PGX32; they're the
> > same card and use the same drivers) for sale or trade.  Would prefer
> > to just trade for other interesting hardware (even if non-computer-related).
>
> > http://www.techsource.com/products/specs/gfx8p.htm
>
> Not to be contrary, but we use a lot of the Raptor cards... and while
> they work with the stock drivers, I've found that if you don't install
> the Raptor-specific drivers, you get the X server to hang semi-frequently.
>
> In particular, I had problems with metatool (DiskSuite).   As soon as
> you tried to drag anything, the cursor would go away and the X server
> would be hung.  You'd have to telnet in to kill the X server to
> recover.  Since we hadn't added user accounts yet, and hadn't
> tweaked /etc/default/login, it actually meant I had to power it
> down to recover....  bad juju.

I had very similar problems with my Raptor card.  If the card is in 8+24
bit mode, displaying an xemacs session to it would freeze the X server.

All my problems went away once I managed to get the card into 24-bit only
mode.