Your suggestions were good :) Thank you, I have solwed my problem at once by using the generic s3virge driver ...
Thanx again ! 12/29/02 1:29:16 PM, Andy Sparrow <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> ... >I would suggest that you don't use X 3.3, it's too old. You won't get >good support for it, and 4.x is a considerable improvement anyway. > >In any case, the Trio3D cards (and specifically the Trio3D/2X) is >supported by the s3virge driver in 4.2.1 according to: > > http://www.xfree86.org/current/Status28.html#28 > >and provide accelerated support. > >Your original problem just sounds like a issue with setting up the >XF86Config file, or using the VGA driver. 'xf86config' does a better >job than writing the config file from scratch free-form, but I've >usually found it necessary to edit it afterwards for best results. >Sometimes, it's even necessary to lie in this file to get it to work >(laptops, usually). > >Try re-installing XFree86 4.2 (I'd suggest not installing it as a >package, but instead building it from source via the 'ports' mechanism >if you have a reasonably fast machine - this way you can update it later >most conveniently) and running XFree86 -configure (you'll need to be >root). > >The config file this generated should be a good start, and you can edit >it to fix things like keyboard maps, mouse settings (if you're using >'moused', make sure you use Proto 'Auto' and specify '/dev/sysmouse' as >the mouse device), and the monitor refresh ranges etc. > >When you think it's close, run it and see. > >If it blows up and doesn't work at all, then the logged output of the X >server would be a good thing to provide to the list for more detailed >help. > >If you don't get the expected resolution, then you should be able to >figure out why (hopefully ;-) from looking at the X server output, and >address it in the XF86Config file. > >Once it's close, you can use 'xvidtune' to generate a custom modeline >for your card/monitor if you need to. > > >HTH. > >Regards, > >AS > > >_______________________________________________ >Xpert mailing list >[EMAIL PROTECTED] >http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xpert > > > _______________________________________________ Xpert mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xpert
