Re: S3 Vision964-Video-Card: no screens found

[Justin Pryzby <justinpryzby@users.sourceforge.net>]

On Mon, Jan 31, 2005 at 01:51:39PM +0100, Walther, Christoph wrote:
> Hello Debian-User-List, 
Hi,

Welcome to -testing:)

> on my 6x86-Cyrix-Processor-PC with Sarge, based on CD-Image-Download
> from 04th December 2004, the S3 Vision964-Videocard with XFree86
> doesn't work: Fatal error, no screens found. 

[...]
> Has anyone an idea or the experience to know, what there might be
> the problem and how to configure this card, so that the X-Surface
> runs properly?
I take it you just let Debconf do the configuration for X?  Try
running, as root: 

	XFree86 -configure

Then, also as root,

	XFree86 -xf86config ./XF86Config.new

Usually X does a better job than Debconf.  You might also have to add
to section Monitor something like:

	HorizSync       30-75
	VertRefresh     50-85

and to section Screen:

        DefaultDepth    24
	SubSection "Display"
		Depth           24
	EndSubSection

Potentially you will also want a Modes line after Depth, which will
look like Modes "1024x768".  (BTW, some cards don't support
acceleration at all color depths, so you might also use a depth of 15
or 16).

Lots of people also need to change their mouse device:

        Option      "Device" "/dev/psaux"

The only important thing that X forgets that Debconf doesn't is:

	Section "DRI"
		Mode    0666
	EndSection

When you have a working file, move it to /etc/X11/XF86Config-4
(potentially after manually merging it with Debconf's version).  Then
it becomes the default configuration file.

Apologies if I've missed the point of your question.  And let me stand
corrected if there's a better way of doing this.

Cheers,
Justin