"Marcello M.Pavan" wrote: > > > hi there > > I have a (generic model) 333 MHz K6 laptop with a 1024x768 XGA screen run by > a S3/Virge 86E280 chip (presumably an MX+MV) with 4MB sgram. The laptop > runs Mandrake (currently 8.1). I've been trying to get v4.x.x to work > since it came out (since I really want XRender for freetype on KDE), BUT it > has never worked. However, 3.3.6 works just fine (minus the desired XRender > extensions of course) with the SVGA driver. I tried 4.1.0 yesterday, and it > also does not work. > > The computer simply freezes. During the install, it'll get to the configre > stage, but when it tries to see if it works, freezes. Afterwards, it freezes > when trying Xconfigurator (or drakconf). Nothing gets written to the logs, > and startx yields no output before everything hangs. Also tried writing > XF86Config by hand, also no go. > > It has been more than a year, and I am frustrated. I noticed discussions > off and on here, but it did not seem like a solution was reached. > > or at least if it was, it was not obvious to me. > SO..... does someone know how to fix/workaround this problem ?? > Any wisdom would be GREATLY appreciated. >
There have been some recent fixes for MX, you can grab a test driver from my page below. Add it to your modules directory then try: sync X -probeonly let us know what happens and send a copy of /var/log/XFree86.0.log. -- Kevin http://www.user1.netcarrier.com/~kbrosius/pages/virge.html _______________________________________________ Xpert mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xpert
