Laptops :: MagicGraph 128XD

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this laptop does not have agp support....that'd be the alpha and omega of it all /bonk _self <head>

This Gateway Solo 2500 has NeoMagic MagicGraph 128XD NM2160 video vesa 2.0 compliant, with intel 440bx/82443bx chipset, 366mhz Pii Pentium CPU, 288mb total ram, 12gb hdd, fdd, DVD/CD ROM, Zoom Video Port(by way of pcmcia slot), rt2500 based pcmcia wireless nic(works great).

Running DSL HDD install and a dead chicken to get it setup with color working without having to boot from CD(chicken trick works in this instance i'll be posting a hand holding step x step for this machine soon and will edit to include the agp enable once i'm savvy of it)

AGP is disabled at this moment, Question is:

How to Enable AGP on this laptop, i currently have to use xfbdev xserver using :~$dsl vga=788 on first boot to get a good color screen, xvesa does not work in any mode available from wysiwyg(and also has AGP disabled)

With AGP disabled this computer is refreshing screen slow and scrolling is "wavy" though even with this problem its out performing win98 on this machine.

Please if you know how to get AGP enabled using defualt kdrive tiny x server that comes with DSL or how to install and get agp working in good color using Xfree86 reply here send email to me.

Rob starcannon@centurytel.net

would agp_try_unsupported=1 work? and how do i use it?

I found this:

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So to get it going you need to tell the module to try the unsupported chipset which means adding agp_try_unsupported=1 to your insmod. Then add this to your modules.conf:

option agpgart agp_try_unsupported=1
alias /dev/agpgart agpgart

Oh and make sure you adjust the default of 1x AGP speed

So Am hoping to find out how to use that information to maybe get this agp enabled on my gateway solo 2500 under DSL

Please help if you can.
Rob

Rob,
I can see that you want better graphics performance, but I don't necessarily think this will be achieved by AGP tweaking.

I, too, have a NeoMagic 128XD (NM2160) chipset in my Sony laptop ... although this laptop is pre-AGP. Even when working properly, the xfbdev drivers give only limited performance. I think you just need to install a more powerful X-Server.

The obvious option is the XFree86 mydsl package, but there's a smaller package that I found works great with NeoMagic adaptors - the XF86_SVGA X-server. See here for details - http://damnsmalllinux.org/cgi-bin....;t=3760

Cool thanks, I'll give that a go when i get back from shopping etc...

I have a NeoMagic 128XD in my laptop too.

I've got it working fine with the XFree86 dsl package. The only thing that doesn't work is MPlayer, it says the video out device isn't found.

So tempestuous, have do you use XFree86 or XF86_SVGA on that laptop? Does MPlayer work for you using xv (or x11) as the video output?

Can I get XF86_SVGA from the KNOPPIX website? Or do I grab it from a KNOPPIX CD? Thanks

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