Brad wrote:
> On Sun, Nov 05, 2000 at 08:10:23PM -0500, Jeremy Hankins wrote:
> >
> > I've got an s3 virge card, viewsonic monitor. Come the upgrade to
> > XF 4.0 I've got to re-create the XF86Config file -- no biggy, I ran
> > xf86config to get a base version, and tweaked it to fit.
>
> Same here: S3 Virge/DX, different monitor though. xf86config worked
> fine, except that it generated XF86Config while the server searches
> first for XF86Config-4 (as installed by the packages), so i had to copy
> it over.
>
> The file, with some comments stripped, is attached.
Yes!!! I *finally* have XF4 running 1280x1024 at 16 bit color! It was your
attached config that got me there! Thank you!!!
Backstory: I recently made the plunge to XF4. Under 3.3.6 I had my 4 meg
S3 Virge/DX running at that resolution and depth just fine. When I went up
to XF4 I was getting terrible redraw static. XF4 wasn't uasable until I
backed down all the way to 1024x768 at 8 bit color.
But when Brad's message came through, I found the key in his attached config
file. It was:
> Section "Device"
> Identifier "S3 ViRGE/DX"
> Driver "s3virge"
> #VideoRam 2048
> #Option "xaa_benchmark"
> Option "fifo_moderate"
> Option "pci_burst"
> Option "pci_retry"
> # Insert Clocks lines here if appropriate
> EndSection
The three Option lines that are uncommented were the key. I uncommented
them in my config file, restarted X, and lo and behold I have 1280x1024 at
16 bit color running just like it used to!
So if anyone else is battling static on the screen during redraw, you might
check for these lines. I can't guarantee that it'll work, but it worked
here.
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Mike Werner KA8YSD | He that is slow to believe anything and
| everything is of great understanding,
'91 GS500E | for belief in one false principle is the
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