There was a thread recently about running XFree 4.3 on the S3 Trio 3D, so I'm hoping one of those people may be able to help me get it working.
I've got 2 boxes I am trying to configure with this chip in, and 2 very different
monitors - and both produce the same problems. I would really like to get
this working because of the things that don't work with the XFree 3.3 driver -
including the RENDER extenstion problem. This is Mandrake 9.1, although
I have seen some of the same problems in 9.0.
In XFdrake, I have selected the XFree 4 S3virge driver, since the XFree86
site says this is the appropriate one. I then select my monitor, resolution,
etc.
Then, when I start X it gives a rather strange result: The left 2 thirds of the
screen is perfect. The right third is a repeat of part of the left section. The
right third of that third does the same thing - and so on for a few more times.
In other words, it isn't really usable.
Using the left 2 thirds of the screen, however, I have demonstrated to my satisfaction that the problems I experienced with XFree 3 do NOT appear in XFree 4. So I would really like to get it working properly.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Brian.
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