Bug 7128

Summary:	XFree86 XF86_SVGA hangs with Stealth II S220/ Verite V2100
Product:	[Retired] Red Hat Linux	Reporter:	bruce.kelly
Component:	XFree86	Assignee:	Preston Brown <pbrown>
Status:	CLOSED WONTFIX	QA Contact:
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Priority:	medium
Version:	6.1	CC:	bruce.kelly
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Description bruce.kelly 1999-11-19 02:30:47 UTC

After starting install in default graphics mode ( vs text ) the system
locks up after screen has switched to the grey mottle on screen. This is
before the cursor has shown or the switch to a plain colour background. It
will also hang after doing an install in text mode right after testing the
xserver configuration. The system does appear to correctly pick video card
as a Verite 2xxx card. The hang can only be recovered by a hard reset ie
cannot get any response from keyboard input

Replacing the video card with a Cirrus logic GD543x and everything works
fine.

Booting Windows 98 / NT 4.0 / or installing Linux 6.0 works fine with the
Diamond Stealth II S220 video card

Comment 1 Preston Brown 2000-02-03 21:03:59 UTC

You may want to update your card's bios.  I found this on deja.com:


 In article <37e55062.52658935.com.au>,
 sunnyside16 (Sunni) writes:
 > I understand that there are problems with Linux and Diamond graphics
 > cards. The Diamond Stealth S220 card is included in the selection list
 > with the RH6 distribution but seems incompatable with XFree86 v 3.3.3
 > on my system.  Can anyone report sucess with this card?  If so, how?

 I got it to work, after updating the flash bios on the card.

Visit http://206.156.108.200/products/drivers/stealth2-s220.html