hmm.. i managed to get one working in 1024x768 16bpp a while back...
xfree86 3.3.6
i have since upgraded to Cfree86 4.0 & it works better with my replacement SiS
6326 AGP, which had the same problems...
On Thu, 25 May 2000, Tony Nugent wrote:
> 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
