There are several S3 cards. I had a similar problem with the S3Trio dx/gx, I think it was ... apparently the drivers are quite specific for the model.
On Wed, 2003-12-10 at 15:18, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I was finally able to get a working display by using the vesa xserver. I > can get 1024x768 with 16 bit color with this. Strange that the S3 > xserver, which is supposed to be for this card, would not work. Any ideas > why, anyone? > > I still get the /dev/input/mice missing directory error, but that doesn't > seem to interfere with X running. > > The mouse cursor was acting really wildly, but I think that was because I > installed gpm. Once I kill gpm (killall gpm), it behaves normally. I > tried setting the mouse input device to /dev/gpmdata, as the manpage > suggests, but that did not resolve the problem: only killing gpm makes > the cursor behave normally under Xwindows. Since I like to use alot > of virtual terminals, I'll miss having gpm functioning. Anyone have any > ideas about how to make gpm work alongside Xwindows? > > And, on a similar note: I like to have my virtual terminals set at vga=5 > (I include that comment in lilo.conf). However, once I fire up X windows, > then exit it, the console gets wierd. About 1/4 of the console screen is > cut off at the bottom. If I change vga=5 to vga=normal, I don't get that > lower 1/4 of the screen getting cut off, but I also get a text size I > don't really like in the virtual terminals. Anyone have any ideas on how > to resolve this problem, or other insights into it? Does it happen > because the xserver I'm using messes with the video BIOS? > > Thanks, James > - > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-newbie" in > the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html > Please read the FAQ at http://www.linux-learn.org/faqs - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-newbie" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.linux-learn.org/faqs
