One other thing, The reason I wanted to try the new drivers was to see if I could use color depth 24, and that does work now with the s3virge driver in XFree86 version 4.10. This is a nice improvement from being stuck w/ 16 bit color, at least when viewing photos.
Thanks again for the advice. Bill Wraith Lionel Lecoq wrote: > with RH 7.2 you have both 3.3.6 and 4.1.0 installed, the one RH enabled depends on >your hardware > if you have 3.3.6 (which the SVGA would indicate) it suffices to redirect /etc/X11/X >to > /usr/X11R6/bin/XFree86 to get 4.1.0 > you have to watch out: /etc/X11/XConfig is for 3.3.6 and /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 is >for 4.1.0 > in short > 1. do X -version this tells you what you are running > 2. if you are running 3.3.6 and want 4.1.0 > cd /etc/X11 > ln -s X /usr/X11R6/bin/XFree86 > 3. adapt your /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 if needed > > the drivers are modules now. It suffices to specify the one you want in the device >section of > XF86Config-4 for instance s3virge for the one you mention... > There should be NO need to uninstall or install or reinstall anything > Hope that helps > Lionel > PS 3.3.6 uses Xwrapper for security reasons, I don't know whether 4.1.0 uses it... > > --- Bill Wraith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I have a Toshiba laptop w/RH7.2, which I recently upgraded from RH7.0. > > In the original install of X, I had to switch to using the XF86_SVGA > > server, following instructions from a laptop site I read, which I did by > > getting the XF86_SVGA (probably by installing the rpm package, although > > my memory is a little fuzzy) file installed in /usr/X11R6/bin and doing > > a soft link from /etc/X11/X to that file. This was because the laptop > > has the S3/Virge MX+ card (I think), and the SVGA server is the one that > > works - and only in 16bpp mode. I notice w/Xfree86 4.10-3 installed, > > that there are possibly new drivers for the S3/Virge MX. I thought maybe > > I could try using those, but I wasn't sure how to easily reverse what > > I've done. It seems the new drivers are loadable modules now? I wasn't > > sure how to implement the use of these properly. > > > > I see that there is a rpm package for the SVGA server > > (XFree86-SVGA-3.3.6-42) and XFree86-compat-modules-3.3.6-42 listed when > > I do rpm -q -a | grep XFree86, along with several packages for version > > 4.1.0-3. > > > > I imagined a couple of choices: > > > > 1) Completely uninstall all the packages associated w/XFree86, and then > > only install from scratch the 4.10-3 packages ( or the latest > > versions?). Then run Xconfigurator, or Xfree86 -configure (any advice > > about which would be better?) Do I have to explicitly download and > > install the driver rpm package for s3virge, or is it somehow included in > > the packages for XFree86 version 4.10? I ask this because I see an > > s3virge_drv.o in /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/drivers, but I didn't know if > > this was something from the 3.3.6 version or the driver I'm looking for. > > > > 2) Change the symbolic link in /etc/X11/X back to /usr/X11R6/bin/XFree86 > > (except I wasn't sure if that was the right link to change). Also, I > > notice /usr/X11R6/bin/X is linked to /usr/X11R6/bin/Xwrapper. I didn't > > know if this is an issue. Then I would copy the new config file > > template, /etc/X11/XF86Config.rpmnew, into either /etc/X11/XF86Config or > > /etc/X11/XF86Config-4. Here I wondered which of these two files is > > really used. I couldn't easily tell what that was all about. > > > > I thought the second choice would be easier to reverse. In the case of > > the first choice, I wasn't sure if I could easily reverse it by > > re-installing the rpms mentioned above for SVGA and > > compat-modules-3.36-42 and changing the links and /etc/X11/XF86Config > > files back. However, the first choice might work better for me, since I > > really know very little beyond running Xconfigurator for doing the > > setup. > > > > Any insight into the best way to try out the new drivers would be > > greatly appreciated. Ideally, whatever I do would be reversible in case > > the new drivers don't work, and easily configured using one of the > > configuration tools, since I really would have a long way to go if I > > have to learn in detail how to make changes significant changes in the > > configuration files themselves. > > > > Thanks, Bill Wraith ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Newbie mailing list > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > *** To unsubscribe , or change message options, see: > > http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/newbie > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Check out Yahoo! Shopping and Yahoo! Auctions for all of > your unique holiday gifts! Buy at http://shopping.yahoo.com > or bid at http://auctions.yahoo.com > _______________________________________________ > Newbie mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > *** To unsubscribe , or change message options, see: > http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/newbie _______________________________________________ Newbie mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** To unsubscribe , or change message options, see: http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/newbie
