On Thu, 2003-06-12 at 16:58, Technoslick wrote: > On Thu, 2003-06-12 at 19:18, Brian Schroeder wrote: > > 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. > > I brought up some issues here with a particular S3 video card that > refused to work well under Mandrake 9.1 and XFree86 4.3.0. It was rather > lengthy and probably best searched through the archive than repeat it > here. Your welcome to ask me off-line,though. > > As for your particular chip/video card, I can tell you that I have it > working just fine under RedHat 9.0 with 4.x.x. (can't remember what the > exact version is, but I believe its 4.3.0) It's a Jaton AGP-71 with 4 MB > RAM using the S3 Trio 3D chip. With an older Dell 17" connected to it, > 1024x768x16 bit seems to work at its best. I don't recall if I tried > this card under any version of Mandrake. Some S3 video cards will work > in RedHat that won't work at all or well enough in Mandrake. Most would > tell you that your better off replacing the card. > > T
Brian, You might also search bugzilla at http://qa.mandrakesoft.com/buglist.cgi?short_desc_type=allwordssubstr&short_desc=&product=XFree86&long_desc_type=substring&long_desc=S3&bug_file_loc_type=allwordssubstr&bug_file_loc=&bug_status=NEW&bug_status=ASSIGNED&bug_status=REOPENED&bug_status=NEEDINFO&emailassigned_to1=1&emailtype1=substring&email1=&emailassigned_to2=1&emailreporter2=1&emailcc2=1&emailtype2=substring&email2=&bugidtype=include&bug_id=&votes=&changedin=&chfieldfrom=&chfieldto=Now&chfieldvalue=&cmdtype=doit&order=Bug+Number&field0-0-0=noop&type0-0-0=noop&value0-0-0= as you see there are 3 threads one of them might have the data you need. james > > > > > > ______________________________________________________________________ > > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
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