I have just bought a secondhand S3 Virge/DX card (Eagle brand). I've used XF86Setup to get a roughly working XF86Config file, but I think I should be able to do better. Here's what I can get so far:
1024x768 24bits --- seems to work fine 1152x864 24bits --- works, but some "speckle lines" appearing, ie little horizontal line segments flash on briefly when moving the mouse in netscape and also some other times like the helix gnome startup picture. *** Refresh rate is very low --- about 63Hz vertical. 1152x864 16bits --- gets rid of the "speckle lines". Refresh rate is still very low! 1280x1024 24bits --- server dies 1280x1024 16bits --- it works, refresh rate is huge --- 89Hz horizontal. But it still seems to flicker up and down --- or perhaps "wobble up and down" is how to describe it? --- my guess is that the monitor is struggling with this resolution??? Also, when I start the Xserver, it seems to go out of kilter, and I have to readjust my digital monitor settings to fix it. It sounds like my monitor is struggling with this resolution?? It is rated 50-90 vertical. I would be happy with 1152x864 as a resolution, but the refresh rate is very low. It seems the clock used is determined for you by S3??? I should be able to get a clock rate of at least 70Hz horizontal. And what's the deal with the "speckle lines"? Thanks, Mark. -- _/~~~~~~~~\___/~~~~~~\____________________________________________________ ____/~~\_____/~~\__/~~\__________________________Mark_Phillips____________ ____/~~\_____/[EMAIL PROTECTED] ____/~~\HE___/~~\__/~~\APTAIN_____________________________________________ ____/~~\______/~~~~~~\____________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________ "They told me I was gullible ... and I believed them!"