On Sat, 09 Oct 1999, you wrote:
> Hey
>
> I have installed Linux Mandrake 6.0 from a CD-ROM I got with a magazine. I
> have an S3 Trio3D AGP gfx card (yuck), and XF86 3.3.3 that came with the
> installation does not support it. I read somewhere that it is supported by
> the SVGA server of XF86 3.3.5 though. How do I update and reconfigure my X
> system in the best and simpliest way? The VGA server is no fun.
>
AFAIK, it's not well supported. You *may* have some luck using the
XF86_S3 x server, but I think you're only going to have success with
the XF86_VGA16 (the 16-color VGA server.) I had one of those cards in
my work machine when I first installed Linux and Mandrake 5.3 was the
only version to support it at all, and only at 16-bit 320x200 or
something like that.
I'd go out and get an inexpensive card that IS supported. I'd suggest
(based on my success at work) a RIVA-TNT based card such as the
Creative Labs Graphics Blaster TNT. That's going to cost you about
$70 plus shipping (mail order.) You may find one cheaper. I don't
know... all I know is that the TNT is directly supported in X now and
that it is quite happy under Linux!
John
