On Fri, 15 Aug 2003 17:42:37 -0300 "Cody Harris" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> You say my problem is to do with a frame buffer? Yes i have a color
> lilo boot menu. How do i fix this?
You can pass the parameter vga=normal, either at boot or by adding it to
your lilo.conf
This will ensure that your system boots without framebuffer.
Unfortunately this is not the root cause of the difficulties which you
are having.
As XFree evolves and new cards and chipsets are become supported a
consequence is that some older chipsets/cards are no longer
supported.
In the case of the s3 Trio64, when using XFree-4.3, Only those
cards which have IBM RGB 524, Texas Instruments 3025, or an internal
TrioDAC RAMDAC chip have 3d support.
AFAIR the latest version of XFree in which your card would be fully
supported was 3.3.6
Using XFdrake you can switch to XFree-3.3.6 from whatever 4.x.x version
you are now currently running.
Though their recent offerings are becoming better I, personally, view
with disdain the s3 tag since, as at inception they were a 'base'
'windblows' offering which allowed 'cost-cutting' by computer butchers.
In the case of vid cards, though they can at time be a hassle, I will
stick with either ATI or NVIDIA, with my preference being ATI.
If you have an avaiable AGP slot I would consider a change.
If this is a viable option if you contact me off-list I may be able, for
a song, to offer you an alternative.
If this is not an alternative you may need to consider dropping 3d and
using the svga server/driver.
Charles
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