Red Hat 6.2 did not work with trident 3DBlade 9880 as I have tried both PCI and AGP versions. This time with Red Hat 7.0 I had the same problem execpt that the graphical installation locks the system. I have tried the same on three different Pentium (Processor/Motherboard) systems and all had the same problem. The Trident 3DImage 9750 has a problem on Red Hat 7.0 but used to work just fine on Red Hat 6.2 as described on Bug # 18773. I hope Red Hat folks figure this out soon because most of my company systems have Trident boards. I have been purchasing other boards to resolve the systems that must have Red Hat 7.0 but this is getting very expensive.I would appreciate any help! Thank you, Carlos Fernando Scheidecker Antunes.
If you do a text install and then configure X11 does it behave or lock ?
It locks, the problem is that X locks. I've tried that also already.
Same with Cyber 9397/DVD - any attempt to use XFree86 with the trident driver freezes up the system - except ONCE - when I actually managed to get X going. I have no idea what it is I did but everything worked so well and so fast that now I am pining for what ever I did to get it working that time. But the graphical install froxe the machine and most attempts to run X 4.01 after a text install also freeze the system. Interestingly also Xconfigurator crashes with a segmentation fault when I click OK after it has probed my card (and found the correct settings) or, in expert mode, when I chose ANY card from the list. GDB tells me this is in strcpy.
Me with the Cyber 9397 DVD again. More investigation revealed some very interesting results. Firstly using Option "noaccel" "on" in the XF86Config device section made it all work. So does Option "nommio" "on" without the the noaccel option. (And, yes, its takes a bit of digging to realize that these options even EXIST - GREAT DOC!!!!!) But probably the most interesting is the fact that I figured out what I did to get full acceleration working without locking the screen. Basically do this: 1) Configure a XF86_SVGA config with the Option "accel" in the device section. 2) Run: XF86_SVGA -xf86config <your config file name> 3) Hit <CTRL><ALT><Backspace> to quit the X server Now that won't do alot - the accel option on the 3.3.6 XF86_SVGA driver for my card makes a complete hash of the screen. BUT after having done that, and before rebooting, try starting the XFree86 server with the trident config without any of the acceleration switch-offs. IT WORKS!! It least it does on mine! Conclusion - the XF86_SVGA server, though good for nothing in accelerated mode as a server in its own right, does some initialization of the Cyber card that the 4.0 trident module does not do. Once properly initialized by XF86_SVGA, XFree86/trident works with full acceleration - and it seems pretty darn fast too! So, RH - do you have enough to find this one now. PS when the screen locks no X log file is saved - so its not possible to see what the initialization differences are between the locking startup and the non-locking startup.
Hello all! It is 00:29 and after almost 3 monthes, I finally managed to run X with Trident 3DBlade 9880! It is easy : First, install your Red Hat 7.0 text mode. Then, download the driver at Trident's at http://www.tridentmicro.com/videcomm/download/blade_9880.htm and select Linux Alpha Display Driver. Yes, that's it the Alpha Display Driver! My machines are intel Pentiums, by the way. Yeah, my machine is an i386 but I've downloaded this driver. use the address http://www.tridentmicro.com/videcomm/drivers/blade_3d/xf86_svga.gz Download it to /root then unzip it with the command gunzip xf86_svga. Then, replace the XF86_SVGA located at /usr/bin/X11R6 with the new one. Just copy : cp /root/xf86_svga /usr/bin/X11R6/XF86_SVGA. This driver is smaller than tje original. To finish, run setup and you've got it! I was able to run it with all my i386 qith Trident 3DBlade with the highest video configuration my monitors support! regards, Carlos Fernando Scheidecker Antunes.
*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 18773 ***