On Mon, Sep 23, 2002 at 05:26:41PM +0100, James Tappin wrote: > On Mon, 23 Sep 2002 18:22:46 +0200 > Benoit Mortier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > BM> Hello, > BM> > BM> Helping a friend to install debian woody on is toshiba 490XCDT but > BM> no luck using xfree 4.1 and s3virge and s3virge/mx complete lockup. > BM> > BM> does somebody know something about this ?? > > Try the 3.3.6 driver (xf86-svga IIRC). This is the only thing I could > make work for the Tecra 780 which has an s3virge/mx. This was also the > case with SuSE 7.3. Basically the XF86 4.x drivers for the s3virge > series seems to have serious problems for the portable versions. >
Yes, I use the vesa driver under XFree86 v4 (seems fast enough). > The other thing I've been meaning to try is to give the refresh rates a > list of fixed frequencies as drawn from the manual rather than the range > from min to max as deduced from the allowed modes list in the manual. I use whatever the standard config tools come up with, I've never tweaked the frequencies specifically. Drew -- PGP public key available at http://people.debian.org/~dparsons/drewskey.txt Fingerprint: A110 EAE1 D7D2 8076 5FE0 EC0A B6CE 7041 6412 4E4A
