i found the solution, i added Option "NoDDC" to my XF86Config. should NoDDC be the default since it can hang some machines?
john baxter -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of John Baxter Sent: Monday, January 20, 2003 10:50 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [XFree86] hanging with RedHat 8.0 and s3virge on a laptop my system gets halted/hung when i attempt to access the graphics on my s3virge. booting in text mode works fine. i had to add "skipddc" to the install. i can get the vga driver in 320x200 mode to run. however any attempt to use a s3virge driver causes my laptop to hang. i was running rh7.1 or 7.2 (XFree 4.0.2, i think) and all worked fine. now with rh 8.0 (XFree 4.2) i am unable to use the s3virge driver, any suggestions? jb _______________________________________________ XFree86 mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xfree86 _______________________________________________ XFree86 mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xfree86
