Here's a solution for a problem I haven't seen asked here, but will sometime I'm sure.
Yes, I've installed StarOffice 5.0 and got it to work with a S3 Virge card! Here's how! The problem is the S3 server, I'm using RedHat 5.1, I don't know if we're the only ones affected (don't know about Slackware, etc) but there are two or three ways to fix the problem. The RedHat Xconfigurator will sense that you have a S3 card and set you up that way, you don't have a choice. You may need to use the old xf86config program to setup X. There is support in the SVGA server for the S3 card so you will have to use that, but the one from RedHat still gives you the freeze-up. Solution #1 Go to; http://www.xfree86.org/ and go to their ftp site and get; X3323bin.tgz, X3323lib.tgz, and X3323SVGA.tgz. Unzip and untar (tar -xzvf filename)these and copy them to /usr/X11R6. Delete the X link in the /etc/X11. Create a symbolic link to the SVGA server like this; ln -s /usr/X11R6/bin/XF86_SVGA /usr/X11R6/bin/X (or using xf86config will link it if you choose it specifically). You may have to tweak up your XF86Config file to get the proper resolutions and color depth, but over all I think X runs faster with the SVGA server. Alternative #2 (I haven't tried it); Get the Xserver (I assume S3) source code. Modify the file xc/programs/Xserver/hx/xfree86/accel/s3_virge/s3im.c around line 823 Substitute alu |= MIX_MONO_TRANSP; with if (alu != 0x00aa0000) alu |= MIX_MONO_TRANSP; in function s3RealImageStipple Compile and install the new Xserver. Alternative #3 (I haven't tried this either) There is a patch available from StarOffice here; http://www.stardivision.com/download/support/patch1_01.tar.gz When you unpack it there is a README file which tells you to place the patch in a directory which isn't there! But look in the /temp directory it may be there. I got these solutions from the Stardivision's newsgroups (thank you!) I think by far the easiest solution is the first. BTW I think StarOffice is a nice suite, but I think too many people are having trouble installing it. For this reason it's not ready to compete with Microsloth.
