ATI RAGE 128 Chipsets that are supported by XFree86

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Applies to

SuSE Linux: Version 6.4
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XFree86: Version 3.3.6

Symptom:

You own a graphic adapter of the ATI RAGE 128 Serie. The X server did not start and you receive an error message like:
(--)SVGA: PCI: ATI Rage 128 PF
unknown graphics controller detected
unkown chip descriptor in BIOS
unknown video adapter detected

Cause:

There are a lot of different RAGE 128 cards. If you get this messages your graphic adapter is not supported by the current version of your X server. Only tested RAGE 128 cards (PCI device id´s) will be added to the server. To get the exact type of your graphic adapter use following command as root:
        /sbin/lspci
You get some information, the only line, that is interesting for you looks like this:
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc Rage 128 RF
Use only this command to get information about your graphic device other sources can be inaccurate. Take a look at the list, shown at solutions, to see wich graphic devices are supported by Xfree86.

Solution:

Supported graphic adapters sorted by versions of XFree86 XFree86 3.3.6 supported cards XFree 4.0 supported graphic adapters XFree 4.0.1 supported graphic devices
Keywords: ATI, FURY, RAGE128PF, X-SERVER

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