I have the exact same video card and have the same problem. this is a very annoying thing. i'd have tried alsmot the same thing as Bob but the problem persist. suggestions anyone? Thanks in advance Bob Young wrote: > I have various problems with X. It crashes periodically; there is a > pronounced screen flicker on my monitor, even though I have forced the > vert. refresh rate to 85 hz; I cannot get the DPMS (energy star) settings > to work properly. > > Mandrake 8.0 installed the 3.3.6 version of XFree86 on my system. Since > version 4.1.0 is also included with this distribution I cannot understand > why this is so. > Checking http://www.xfree86.org/4.1.0/Status28.html#28 I see that the > S3Trio3D (which I have) is specifically mentioned as supported by 4.1.0, > but not by 3.3.6 > > IIRC the Mandrake installer did not give me any option about which version > to install; so - > 1. why did it install the older version? > 2. should I upgrade X? - and, if so, what is the recommended procedure? > > Bob > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
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