[Sunhelp] Graphic display on a SPARCStation 20

Bill Bradford mrbill at mrbill.net
Thu Aug 31 11:59:56 CDT 2000


On Thu, Aug 31, 2000 at 11:35:01AM -0500, Doug McLaren wrote:
> If you really have a ZX24 which is a large two-slot video card, this
> isn't supported under 2.7.  You'll need to either go back to 2.6 or
> copy some files from 2.6 to your 2.7 installation which will work but
> it won't be accelerated (at least that's what Bill was saying - he did
> this a while back.)

Yep - the 2.6 drivers work under 2.7 but without acceleration.  You only
want to do this if you have *NO OTHER* option and *have* to use the ZX
for 24bit color.  Its painful, but it works.

Bill

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