Red Hat Bugzilla – Bug 18773
Graphical installer/XFree86 does not work with Trident 3DImage 975 (AGP) video card
Last modified: 2007-04-18 12:29:08 EDT
The graphical installer does not work with the above mentioned video card. The text installation worked, but I have not been able to configure x-windows using Xconfigurator. It correctly detects the card, but will not configure properly. The picture is almost monochrome in appearance.
Yes, I did experienced the same problems. I have tried a Linux update over an existing 6.2 system with a Trident 3DImage 975 PCI Jaton 4mb and now the startx works but the video has problems with the white colors. It is the same when you use the graphical installation : the first sreen with the Red Hat Logo only shows all the colors but whites. Meaning the screen is mostly black with the red color of the Red hat logo. Another card the has problems is the trident 3DBlade 9880 8mb Jaton. With this video card the graphical install locks the system. I have tried both PCI and AGP versions of the 9880 and the result is the same : system locked.
Since posting this bug report I have been able to configure the trident card by using Xconfigurator in expert mode (Xconfigurator does not pick the card to be in an AGP slot) and the switch that specifies the use of Xfree 4.0.1 drivers. The problem seems to be with the Xfree 3.3.6 SVGA driver. I experimented with the 3.3.6 in RH 6.2, and it worked better, but not perfectly. Needs work!
*** Bug 18865 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Could you attach the output from the lspci command?
The problem installation screen has also been encountered by the Asia-Pacific office at one of our training facilities which uses Trident 3DImage 975 (PCI) cards. What is the fix/upgrade remembering this is the PCI version of the Trident 3DImage 975 video card. The xfree86.org documentation states that this card (generic) is supported in both XFree86 version 3.3.6 and 4.0.1. Additionally, this card works fine in RH6.2.
Assigning to Xconfigurator maintainer.
I encountered the same problem after upgrading from 6.2 to 7.0. I also tried installing a Trident 3DImage985 (only comes in AGP version) and it behaved the same way. Both the 3DImage975(AGP) and the 3DImage985 worked fine under 6.2. --sward@cfa.harvard.edu Steven Ward
Hey Y'all, This may help if your installation is driving you insane due to a Trident 3DImage 975 card. This is how I set it up using the RHL 7.0 distribution. 1) Do the setup in text mode 2) Have the machine boot into text mode. I actually did the rest of this after booting into graphics mode; but, it is a nightmare. Save yourself the trouble. 3) Log in as root and: a) Xconfigurator --expert --preferxf4 4) Set up your server as you wish. I used the following: a) Chhose a card: Trident 3Dimage 975 (generic) b) Monitor setup: Princeton Ultra 75e c) Video memory: 4 meg d) Clockchip configuration: No clockchip setting (reccomended) e) Select video mode: 8 bit: 1152x864 1280x1024 16 bit: 800x600 1024x768 24 bit: 640x480 5) Run the test and you should be good to go. Remember to have the system boot into graphics mode now. The above settings were correct to my machine's specs. as far as I know. I do hope this helps!
*** Bug 19097 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
*** Bug 20282 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
*** Bug 19241 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
This seems to be related to a problem that I have with my trident cyber 9320 card. I am using XFree86 4.0.3 with Redhat 7.1. I can get Xwindows with no difficulty, provided I stick to a 640x480 8 bit display. This relies only on the generic VGA X Server. When I try to use 800x600 8 bit, which is what my LCD display is designed to show (640x480 is blech!) I get no display at all - black screen. This has been noted with cyber cards as far back as XFree86 4.0.1 and is due to the trident X server being broken. Can somebody please fix this thing before XFree86 4.0.4 comes out, or reinstate the SVGA server which worked just fine in the earlier versions. I'm now having to struggle on with Redhat 7.1 and XFree86 taken from Redhat 6.2 and it's broken a lot of the GNU programs (it's annoying when the terminal emulators don't work!). I may just have to go back to 6.2 and give up 7.1 as a lost cause.
XFree86 3.3.6 X servers are included with ALL 7.x releases of Red Hat Linux, so there is never a need to use the X servers from RHL 6.2. Just install the 3.3.6 server, and use it, right off the RHL 7.0/7.1/7.2 CD's. Xconfigurator --preferxf3 forces the usage of the 3.3.6 server. XFree86 4.2.0 in rawhide might solve these Trident issues, however you need RHL 7.2 in order to use it. If either solution works for you, please close the bug report with RAWHIDE or WORKSFORME. Thanks.
Closing since we don't ship the 3.3.x XFree86 packages anymore.