On Wed May 24 2000 at 18:35, Vlad Poenaru wrote to [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
> I'm tring to configure the X server on a RedHat 6.0.
> I couldn't set up the video card : a S3 Trio 3D 2x with 4Megs of RAM.
It doesn't work with the release of XFree86 in rh6.0.
It will work with the versions in rh6.1 and rh6.2, but don't expect
it to work very well. I've had experience with that particular card
(8Mb version if I recall correctly), and after finding that the
driver for it is buggy as hell and that the card is cheap and nasty,
I sent them back for replacements. XiGraphics, for example, rate
this card as one of the slower so-called 3d cards.
> I tried using Xconfigurator and XF86Setup.
> With Xconfigurator i can get it running in 640x480x16 colors (4 bpp), but
> no more.With XF86Setup i get 320x200x256 colors (8 bpp).
> The output of startx shows only 256k or when i use SVGA server, 64k.
> In the /proc/pci it appers as
> "VGA compatible controller: S3 Inc. Unknown device (rev 1).
> Vendor id=5333. Device id=8a13.
> Medium devsel. Master Capable. Latency=64. Min Gnt=4.Max Lat=255.
> Non-prefetchable 32 bit memory at 0xe8000000 [0xe8000000]."
> Where can i get the drivers or how else can i configure it ?
If you are stuck with having to use that card, then upgrade your
XFree86 to the version in the rh62 release. You'll get it running,
but don't expect it to perform.
Cheers
Tony
