From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Rasputin To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu Subject: Re: [9fans] pictures, as promised ... Message-ID: <20031111122253.GA12594@lb.tenfour> References: <20031110134827.E10935@edinburgh.cisco.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20031110134827.E10935@edinburgh.cisco.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i Date: Tue, 11 Nov 2003 12:22:53 +0000 Topicbox-Message-UUID: 870137de-eacc-11e9-9e20-41e7f4b1d025 * Derek Fawcus [1149 13:49]: > On Sun, Nov 09, 2003 at 10:27:29PM -0500, Russ Cox wrote: > > what's the video card on those things like? > > depends upon which EPIA board is being used. > > If it's the old one it uses the VIA VT8601A (Apollo PLE133) chipset, which > has a Trident VGA built in (Blade 3D?). > > If it's one of the newer models, then it has a S3 savage derived chipset. > > Both have support in XFree86 if you want to try and scrounge up some code :-) Even the X support is a bit crappy, though (for Tridents at least). But the EPIA boards have a PCI slot (although a minibox case is too small to hold a card), so just fit something supported... -- One learns to itch where one can scratch. -- Ernest Bramah Rasputin :: Jack of All Trades - Master of Nuns