On Fri, 2 Nov 2001, Joseph Vijay wrote:
> Hi Folks,
>
> I am new to this list and this is my first post(request).
> I have a PIII box which has a S3 Virge GX (86C385) card with 4MB video ram
> and connected to a Samtron 75E 17 inch monitor. The box has 128MB of
> Physical RAM.
> Eventhough I am able to install RHL 7.2 , I am not able to make X work
> properly. My X display is littered with vertical blue lines on the right
> half side of the monitor. I tried reinstalling Linux with a older distro,
> Linux Mandrake 7.1. But only came up with the same results.
> I tried both Xconfigurator and xf86config. I also downloaded the latest
> version of XFree86 4.1.0 from rpmfind.net. But nothing works.
You might want to disable acceleration features in the XF86Config file.
OR
Use the FB_dev X server... This required you to use the framebuffer.
Please take a look at the manpage for X as well as video card related
documents at xfree86.org
> Another interesting note: when I used the GUI mode of installation(both
> distros) the graphics looked just fine How is that?
The installation used the Framebuffer more. This mode is uses standard
(S)VGA graphics modes supported by a VESA 2.0 compliant video BIOS.
-Naren
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