Re: Switching to console mode from X problem almost solved

2003-03-03 Thread GSO
From someone else who's stuck with a S3 Trio as well - XFree86 4.1 doesn't support an accelerated S3 driver so I'm using XFree 3.3.6. Am guessing but maybe you are using XFree 4.1 - getting round the fact the driver isn't directly supported by using the svga module. The good news is XFree 4.2

Switching to console mode from X problem almost solved

2003-03-02 Thread Sam Yuval
Several weeks ago I sent an email concerning my inability to switch from X windows to the virtual console using Ctrl+Alt+F1. I own a Viewsonic P810 21" monitor and an S3 Trio 2D/4X video adapter. It appears that the problem is cause the use of the wrong X server: when I started using

Re: Switching to console mode from X problem almost solved

2003-03-02 Thread GSO
From someone else who's stuck with a S3 Trio as well - XFree86 4.1 doesn't support an accelerated S3 driver so I'm using XFree 3.3.6. Am guessing but maybe you are using XFree 4.1 - getting round the fact the driver isn't directly supported by using the svga module. The good news is XFree 4.2