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X11 and GUI FAQ

What graphics driver do I use for my video card (SCO?

How do you know what graphics card you have? On 3.2v5.x, the "hw" command can give you at least the beginnings of a clue. If not, inspection of the motherboard (or add-on video card) might give you information. If there isn't a driver for the specific graphics device you have, a driver for a card with the same chipset might work.

Once you know that, you need to pick a driver. Grepping through /usr/lib/grafinfo for what you do know can sometimes help:

 grep 758 /usr/lib/grafinfo/* | more
 

If you don't find it there, you will want to check SCO's ftp site for the latest Advanced Hardware Supplement , and also under pub/drivers for new graphics drivers. In particular, if you have a newer machine (this article was written in April of 1998), and can't find the specific driver you need, you might try the "vesa" drivers. This is a generic driver that will work with almost everything, though not as quickly as a "real" driver might. It's perfectly fine for ordinary work, though.

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Mon Apr 11 22:40:46 2005: Subject:   anonymous



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