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Main => Software Forum => Linux => Topic started by: moloch on May 12, 2008, 01:28:02 am

Title: Anyone using Arcadevga and Ubuntu??????
Post by: moloch on May 12, 2008, 01:28:02 am

I would really love to build a cabinet using a real arcade monitor and for that I would like to use an ArcadeVga, but I can not find a lot of information about people doing this.....

I see a lot of posts on the net about problems but not a lot about what to do.

I have an AGP ArcadeVga on the way here and a cabinet sitting in my basement. I can go ahead and use XP, but I would love to use ubuntu.

I am going to go out there and wing it and see what happens, but if anyone has any experience please share.......

Title: Re: Anyone using Arcadevga and Ubuntu??????
Post by: moloch on July 07, 2008, 12:42:35 am

The more I have looked into this it seems that it is just as easy to get a video card to output 15kHz in Linux as use an Arcade VGA. I am just assuming that is what everyone that is using Linux is doing.

Title: Re: Anyone using Arcadevga and Ubuntu??????
Post by: ranma on July 11, 2008, 09:29:14 am

Yep, you're right. I've come to the conclusion that it was easier to do it with any nvidia out there.

It also depends if you want to use Xorg or framebuffer.

But I had countless problems with my arcadevga PCI-E version, not sure if the AGP one works better. (they are different ATI cards, I didn't know that)

Title: Re: Anyone using Arcadevga and Ubuntu??????
Post by: moloch on July 11, 2008, 10:04:22 am

I have had nothing but good experience with the ArcadeVGA cards, until recently. But I am hoping to try this out in Ubuntu at the end of this summer. I am getting a box that I will convert to Ubuntu today and hopefully have it set up and running arcade stuff by the end of summer.

I am a little behind on all of my projects right now.....