Re: laptop screen size problem
Andrew McRobert wrote:
> ... yeah I was trying to keep the initial installation as simple as possible
> as I hadn't installed Debian on a laptop previously (eg. running XF86_SVGA
> server etc.). Machine video specs follow:
>
> 8 MB Video RAM
> Max Res: SVGA - 1280 * 1024, Char. Matrix 8x16, Freq. Ver: 60Hz, Horiz:
> 48.3/60.0/68.7
> wld like to run it @ supported mode -> 1024x768; Freq. Ver: 60/75Hz, Horiz:
> 48.3/60.0/68.7
> ... is an S3 chipset (Adapter= S3_Inc. Savage /IX w?MV - according to Win98
> display properties).
hmmm....
What configuration tool do you have, and what version of XFree do you
have?
I have an S3 Virge/MX chipset in my Toshiba. It's fine with XFree
3.3.6. According to the side of my SuSE Linux box the S3 Savage3D and
Savage4 are supported, but the Savage is not. (But look
below...XFree86.org says the Savage/IX-MV is suported in 3.3.6.)
Here's part of a page from the XFree site
(http://www.xfree86.org/4.0/Status27.html#27):
3.3.6:
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Support (accelerated) for the S3 911, 924, 801, 805, 928, 864, 868,
964, 968, Trio32, Trio64, Trio64V+, Trio64UV+, Aurora64V+, Trio64V2,
PLATO/PX is provided by the XF86_S3 server and the XF86_SVGA server
with the s3_svga driver. Support (accelerated) for the ViRGE, ViRGE/VX,
ViRGE/DX, ViRGE/GX, ViRGE/GX2, ViRGE/MX, ViRGE/MX+ is provided by
the XF86_S3V server. Support (accelerated) for those ViRGE chips, as
well as the Trio3D and Trio3D/2X is provided by the XF86_SVGA
server with the s3v driver. Support (accelerated) for the Savage3D,
Savage3D/MV,
Savage4, Savage2000, Savage/MX-MV, Savage/MX, Savage/IX-MV and
Savage/IX is provided by the XF86_SVGA server with the s3_savage driver
(CHECK: is this support Linux-only?).
4.0:
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 for the other S3 chipsets has not
yet been ported.
Summary:
Only the ViRGE and Trio3D chipsets are supported in 4.0. All of the
other chipsets are only supported in 3.3.6.
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