Re: Xfree86-3.3 and S3V
In a message dated 97-07-21 17:29:27 EDT, joost@kooij.com writes:
>> A couple of months ago I convinced a friend
>> (dmbarr@orci.com) to change over from slackware to debian;
>> and in turn convinced some other people to do the same. He
>> was impressed (as I knew he would be) with debian until...
>> he upgraded to Xfree-3.3, now X no longer works. He's got
>> an S3V card and I remember seeing other posts to this list
>> about similar problems. The archives at ftp.debian.org
>> don't have July postings yet and I didn't find anything in
>> the June archive.
>>
>> Would someone be so kind as to post (re-post?) some possible
>> solutions. I thought a downgrade to 3.2 would do the trick
>> but it seems the 3.2 pakages are gone.
>
>I have an S3Virge card and have XFree86 3.3 working fine, now.
>
>Two things to try:
>
>- Use the new svga server instead of the s3v server.
>It works much better for me.
>- Give the existing XF86Config another name and rerun xf86setup.
>
>If it still doesn't work, look at the output of the xserver on the
>console and repost if there is something unusual in it.
>
>
>Joost
>
>
I agree, the svga server is much better with the Virge chipset then the s3v
server.
I just bought a video card with the virge chipset, I haven't had a chance to
try it on my own system yet. (I can't get debian Linux to read from my @#$%
CD-ROM)
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