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Has anyone got the kyro2 working in linux?

thedan

Senior member
If so, tell me how, and if ur using redhat, please send me ur XF86Config /-4 Files. Thanks 😀


Or just tell me. Cuz I can't get the damn thing working.

Thanks
 
who knows dude 22 formats on xp home and i have yet to get it too work on xp i post here and on other forums from pvr-net.com too
paraknowya.com and no one tells me nothing some says oh just format try again freak that >junk< as i said 22 formats already!


oh yeah i put my boot thue it today!!! just order a sis315 and will pick up a sis 336 as soon as they are out!

anandtech please tell me why you kiss govs butts and taking freedom of speach away from us i mean >junk< i think most of you know what
i try to say but this is getting bad one day when ppl says freak the net you all will lose your jobs...seeyas on the street!
 
I had a prophet 4500 in my old gaming box i basically gave to my bro. I attempted to put rh 7.2 on there, but got nowhere. From what i
understand, you have to use framebuffer mode, the same mode that the initial graphical install uses. I got tired of it real quick and said screw
it. I did run windows xp with the machine, and didn't have a bit of trouble with it. I don't know why idoxash is having so much trouble
with it, unless its some s*it no name card.
 


<< who knows dude 22 formats on xp home and i have yet to get it too work on xp i post here and on other forums from pvr-net.com too
paraknowya.com and no one tells me nothing some says oh just format try again freak that >junk< as i said 22 formats already!


oh yeah i put my boot thue it today!!! just order a sis315 and will pick up a sis 336 as soon as they are out!

anandtech please tell me why you kiss govs butts and taking freedom of speach away from us i mean >junk< i think most of you know what
i try to say but this is getting bad one day when ppl says freak the net you all will lose your jobs...seeyas on the street!
>>


what the hell was that?
 
hmm what you saying you all don't understand me.
I can't see how not.

No i also own a the one by Hercules and that card ran very good on 98SE.

Now for you other ppl that can only seem to talk crap to me about my post how about tell me why and what is wrong with what i said!


I cam to this forums cause i herd there's a lot of kewl ppl here and even do seti for this SITE.....One thing i found out thoe is this place is
fill with stuck up jerks!
 
oh yeah i put my boot thue it today!!! just order a sis315 and will pick up a sis 336 as soon as they are out!

anandtech please tell me why you kiss govs butts and taking freedom of speach away from us i mean >junk< i think most of you know what
i try to say but this is getting bad one day when ppl says freak the net you all will lose your jobs...seeyas on the street!


what the hell are you talking about?!? does this have anything to do with the kyro not working in linux?
 
ROFLMAO!!!

Anyway, back on topic. It has drivers, which I installed no probs. But it says my section names in Xfree86 are bum. I dunno why, as I did the right things according to the Install Instructions.

Red Hat
-------

For i386 class Intel Machines (Uni processor only)

rpm -Uvh powervr-2.00.20-180.rh72.i386.rpm

For i686 class Intel Machines (Uni processor only)

rpm -Uvh powervr-2.00.20-180.rh72.i686.rpm

For AMD Athlon Machines (Uni processor only)

rpm -Uvh powervr-2.00.20-180.rh72.athlon.rpm

Red Hat 7.2 updated systems should identify the package to use
by inserting the kernel version after the rh72 in the package
name. e.g.

rpm -Uvh powervr-2.00.20-180.rh72_2.4.9_13.athlon.rpm

XFREE86 CONFIGURATION
=====================
In general the XFree86 configuration process only need be done
the first time the Kyro driver is installed, unless another video
card has be installed in the interim.

Red Hat & Mandrake
------------------
Red Hat and Mandrake (unlike SuSE) do not provide tools to easily
automate XF86 configuration, as the standard tools provided only
recognize devices of which XF86 itself is aware of, and Kyro is not
among these.

If your configuration is simple, i.e. standard type of mouse,
keyboard and only one graphics card it is recommended, unless you
are expert at XF86 configuration, that you base your config file on
the supplied sample and modify as per the following guidelines.

1) First you must determine the busID of your Kyro card, this is
done by the command:

Red Hat:
/sbin/lspci | grep VGA | grep SGS

Mandrake:
/usr/bin/lspci | grep VGA | grep SGS

This should result in an output of the form:

XX:YY.Z VGA compatible controller: SGS Thomson Microelectronics:
Unknown device 0010 (rev BB)

where
XX:YY.Z is the bus ID of the device
BB is the type of Kyro 01 = KyroI, 07 = KyroII

2) Now copy the sample XF86 config file
(/etc/X11/XF86KyroSampleConfig) to /etc/X11/XF86Config-4. If
there is an existing XF86Config-4 file rename to something safe
first.

3) Edit the XF86 config file (/etc/X11/XF86Config-4) to modify the line:

BusID "PCI:1:0:0"
to be
BusID "PCI:XX:YY:Z"

Notice that XX, YY are returned as hex while XF86Config-4 must
have decimal values.

4) Again in the XF86 config file uncomment the mouse appropriate
section for your mouse, either PS/2 intellimouse or 2 button
PS/2 mouse. The country code of your keyboard can also be
edited at this time, it is immediately above the mouse sections.

5) Uncomment the appropriate font server section (located at the
top of the file immediately after the serverlayout section).

6) Check that there is a symlink from /etc/X11/X to
/usr/X11R6/bin/XFree86 (there may already be a symlink from
/etc/X11/X, this should be removed) i.e

if [ -e /etc/X11/X ]; then rm -f /etc/X11/X; fi;
ln -s /usr/X11R6/bin/XFree86 /etc/X11/X

Note: On some systems the link to X may be somewhere else, to
/usr/X11R6/bin/X for instance, but otherwise the procedure is
the same. The path variable for the X startup process should be
examined to see where the link to X may be.

7) Run startx
 
I got it to work in Mandrake 8.1. Think I had to download some drivers for it. Don't remember exactly where I got them, though, so if you still have trouble finding them, let me know.
 
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