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
>
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