Re: xserver-S3

[Bob Nielsen <nielsen@oz.net>]

On Sun, Sep 09, 2001 at 05:53:45PM -0700, Bob Nielsen wrote:
> On Mon, Sep 10, 2001 at 01:46:41AM +0000, gerard robin wrote:
> > hello,
> > I have a video-card S3 Trio 3D/2X.
> > It is in the card list and the package
> > xserver-S3 exist in potato, but when
> > I install this package I can set up 
> > correctly xwindow except the form of
> > the pointer of the mouse.
> > In the section Chipset I find s3virge
> > but not s3trio 3D/2X.
> > Can someone tell me if the package xserver-S3 
> > of woody does have a chipset for s3trio 3D/2X.
> > Or if I can find it anywhere.
> 
> 
> >From the www.xfree.org documentation for version 4.1.0 (which made into
> woody with today's update):
> 
>           Support (accelerated) for the ViRGE, ViRGE/VX, ViRGE/DX,
>           ViRGE/GX, ViRGE/GX2, ViRGE/MX, ViRGE/MX+, Trio3D and Trio3D/2X
>           is provided by the "s3virge" driver. Support (accelerated) for
>           the Savage3D, Savage3D/MV, Savage4, and Savage2000, is provided
>           by the "savage" driver. Support for the other S3 chipsets has
>           not yet been ported.
> 

The same page mentions that xserver-svga in 3.3.6 also supports this
card.