all, the answer is in the way that these older drivers are recognized by the OS. when the OS sees an "S3" card it automatically uses the "generic" driver. putting a entry for the chipset [ ChipSet "86C365"] forced the OS to use the proper driver not the generic one.
stan -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Joseph Mack NA3T Sent: Sunday, May 28, 2006 11:32 AM To: Triangle Linux Users Group discussion list Subject: Re: [TriLUG] slackware and S3 video drivers On Sun, 28 May 2006, stan briggs wrote: > all, > > i'm thoroughly enjoying my slackware install though i'm still fighting > the video. i've got an S3 Trio 3D card (yes, it's old) that install > and run with the generic S3 drivers giving me the complete breadth of > resolution up to, and including, 800x600. when, using xorgconfig, i > specify the exact card (right down to the model number [86C365)) it > tells me that the card is basically unsupported. can this be possible? I've been running Slackware since the mid 90's and S3 cards for much of this time all at 1024x768. Since I only run text (xterms in a 9 window desktop), S3 cards have been fine with me. About "unsupported": Many drivers for older hardware were not carried through after XF86-3.3.6. If you want to run that hardware, you need 3.3.6 and not XF86-4.x. I'm almost certain this includes S3, as I haven't gone to XF86-4.x because of the hardware I have, which includes several S3 cards. Within the 3.3.6 code, unsupported could mean that you run the generic VESA driver, rather than the driver for your card. I remember setting my machines up as generically as possible, so I didn't need different configs for the random different video cards I use. In 3.3.6 there are drivers which handle a large range of cards and you may just use one of them, rather than a specific driver. This wouldn't be my definition of "unsupported" though. Joe -- Joseph Mack NA3T EME(B,D), FM05lw North Carolina jmack (at) wm7d (dot) net - azimuthal equidistant map generator at http://www.wm7d.net/azproj.shtml Homepage http://www.austintek.com/ It's GNU/Linux! -- TriLUG mailing list : http://www.trilug.org/mailman/listinfo/trilug TriLUG Organizational FAQ : http://trilug.org/faq/ TriLUG Member Services FAQ : http://members.trilug.org/services_faq/ -- TriLUG mailing list : http://www.trilug.org/mailman/listinfo/trilug TriLUG Organizational FAQ : http://trilug.org/faq/ TriLUG Member Services FAQ : http://members.trilug.org/services_faq/
