Re: Help: S3 Savage4
Maybe it's because you're using woody. Potatoes should be more edible :) On Sun, 22 Oct 2000, Chris Gray wrote: OK. I've installed woody on my home system and set up X with the SVGA server and it works fine, but I still have the same problem I had under slink: when I exit the Xserver in any way (Alt+Ctl+F#, Alt+Ctl+Backspace, Logout, Restart the window manager) the screen goes black with the click of the video card switching modes and after that the system responds only to the reset button. I can switch screen resolutions fine. Is part of the problem that I don't know the exact model of my card? adTHANKSvance Chris -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] /dev/null
Help: S3 Savage4
OK. I've installed woody on my home system and set up X with the SVGA server and it works fine, but I still have the same problem I had under slink: when I exit the Xserver in any way (Alt+Ctl+F#, Alt+Ctl+Backspace, Logout, Restart the window manager) the screen goes black with the click of the video card switching modes and after that the system responds only to the reset button. I can switch screen resolutions fine. Is part of the problem that I don't know the exact model of my card? adTHANKSvance Chris
Re: Help: S3 Savage4
you might want to try the vga16 server, just to see if the same behaviour occurs when only basic vga functionality is used, I think that most cards work with this server fine... it's not a long term solution, of course... erik Chris Gray wrote: OK. I've installed woody on my home system and set up X with the SVGA server and it works fine, but I still have the same problem I had under slink: when I exit the Xserver in any way (Alt+Ctl+F#, Alt+Ctl+Backspace, Logout, Restart the window manager) the screen goes black with the click of the video card switching modes and after that the system responds only to the reset button. I can switch screen resolutions fine. Is part of the problem that I don't know the exact model of my card? adTHANKSvance Chris -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] /dev/null
Re: Help: S3 Savage4
Yes. The vga16 server works fine; it starts and shuts down without crashing the system. Only the svga server crashes at shut down. I've also discovered that I can change window managers without crashing. Chris On Sat, 21 Oct 2000, Erik Steffl wrote: you might want to try the vga16 server, just to see if the same behaviour occurs when only basic vga functionality is used, I think that most cards work with this server fine... it's not a long term solution, of course... erik Chris Gray wrote: OK. I've installed woody on my home system and set up X with the SVGA server and it works fine, but I still have the same problem I had under slink: when I exit the Xserver in any way (Alt+Ctl+F#, Alt+Ctl+Backspace, Logout, Restart the window manager) the screen goes black with the click of the video card switching modes and after that the system responds only to the reset button. I can switch screen resolutions fine. Is part of the problem that I don't know the exact model of my card? adTHANKSvance Chris -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] /dev/null -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] /dev/null
Re: Help: S3 Savage4
well, I'd go and get some 'well-defined' video card... you might want to try to disable the various advanced features (acceleration etc...)... is the chip autodetected? if it is and it still does not work that you might be out of luck. if you specify the exact chip somewhere you might want to try to specify other model. btw if you change WMs the X server is not restarted (WM is just an application, just like any other X app) erik Chris Gray wrote: Yes. The vga16 server works fine; it starts and shuts down without crashing the system. Only the svga server crashes at shut down. I've also discovered that I can change window managers without crashing. Chris On Sat, 21 Oct 2000, Erik Steffl wrote: you might want to try the vga16 server, just to see if the same behaviour occurs when only basic vga functionality is used, I think that most cards work with this server fine... it's not a long term solution, of course... erik Chris Gray wrote: OK. I've installed woody on my home system and set up X with the SVGA server and it works fine, but I still have the same problem I had under slink: when I exit the Xserver in any way (Alt+Ctl+F#, Alt+Ctl+Backspace, Logout, Restart the window manager) the screen goes black with the click of the video card switching modes and after that the system responds only to the reset button. I can switch screen resolutions fine. Is part of the problem that I don't know the exact model of my card? adTHANKSvance Chris -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] /dev/null -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] /dev/null -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] /dev/null
