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Re: X server problem



Jijo Jose A said:
> hi all
> i have a system with VIA M7VKL mother board and it runs on debian
> 2.3.14, problem being is the X server, i can't configure xserver
> properly

you mean runs debian 2.2 on linux 2.2.14 ?


>    VGA compatible controller: S3 Inc. ProSavage KM133 (rev 0).

> the last error line of X server was
> (--) S3: PCI: unknown (please report), ID 0x8a26 rev 0, Linear FB @
> 0xf8000000 (--) S3: Unknown S3 chipset: chip_id = 0x8a26 rev. 0

i don't think Xfree86 3.3.6 supports that chipset.
you'd be lucky if xfree 4.1 does(or 4.0)

try this page:
http://www.savagenews.com/drivers/s3/prosavagepm133.html

they seem to have savagepro drivers. KM133 and PM133 may
be similar ??

or here:
https://ranger.s3graphics.com/370drv/
l: viaarena p: viaarena (if your prompted) found on via's page.


good luck ...

nate





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