Comments on: dear lazyweb: svdo? add2? mec? confusion.

By: knipknap

knipknap — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

I have an X3000 and I have had nothing but trouble with it:

- It is not automatically recognized in Feisty. Well, easy fix.

- Using the i810 driver, 3D works perfectly fine with AIGLX + Compiz, except when I activate it and used it a little, my machine crashes (automatically reboots) without any hint why (log contains no errors). Happens so often that I had to deactivate 3D entirely.

- I can’t get screen resolutions > 1600×1200 to work at all. The 915resolution tool does not do it (using it only reduces the screen resolution to 640×480), and when using the new “modesetting” driver, no output is produced at all. I hear that this might have something to do with the fact that I use an ADD2 card for output.

I can not recommend this card at all. I am now seriously thinking about getting an additional (non-onboard) card. It might require proprietary software, but at least it works… :-(.

By: Joe

Joe — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

It is why AMD has created a new DTX standard that is full backwards compatibility with ATX. It is cheaper for the companies to make it without have to make big change.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DTX_(form_factor)

There is no point to have BTX these day when AMD/Intel are making their chipests lower power and lower heat. Intel created BTX for P4's sake that create a lot of heats.

By: desrt

desrt — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

knipknap: what board do you have?

By: knipknap

knipknap — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Intel G965WH (+ ADD2 card for DVI)

By: A Prilph-Ool

A Prilph-Ool — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Why not get an AMD motherboard with build in ATI chipset – like the xpres200M. AMD even supply linux drivers that let you run games like glxgears.

By: Rene Wagner

Rene Wagner — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Have you seen this? It might clarify a few things.

http://wiki.x.org/wiki/SDVOADD2Cards

By: desrt

desrt — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

knipknap: who made your add2 card? intel? what model?

By: ajax

ajax — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

ADD2 is the name for the card, SDVO is the name for the protocol (ie, I Can’t Believe It’s Not PCIE). MEC is some fancy new lie that means the same thing as ADD2. Sort of the same way it’s really a 965 graphics chip but you keep calling it X3000.

At this point the modesetting branch has been merged to master. So you’ll need to run an intel driver with a version number of 1.9.91 or higher, and a 1.3 RC X server or newer. Fedora 7 will have both out of the box.

I’ve got like three of these cards at the office, they work pretty well so far. Let me know if you have trouble with it.

By: knipknap

knipknap — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

desrt: I have not idea (it’s a stock PC, and the docs don’t contain that information). It does seem to show up in lspci. The only things I see there:

00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation 82G965 Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 02)
00:02.1 Display controller: Intel Corporation 82G965 Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 02)