problems with X on an S3 trio64
I am currently trying to get X running on an installation of Potato on an IBM PC-330 Pentium90 w/ 40megs RAM and an integrated S3 Trio64 whivh has 1 mb of ram onboard. I have the XServer_S3 installed. I have no problems running x in 640x480, 800x600, or 1024x768.... as long as the color depth is 8. If I set the color depth to 16 or higher, I am only able to run X properly in 640x480. Upon starting X in 800x600 w/ color depth of 16, I get some sort of image distortion. It's not as though the refresh rate is off-kilter, but rather that there is difficulty displaying the image over the x "map." In some places, there appears a "ghost" image of any video (only in select spots, and seemingly in a grouped band running vertically) and it "overlaps" text (resulting in 2 garbled copies of text folding over each other). On top of this, the place that my cursor appears is actually 1 inch to the right of whatever is diplayed (eg: if there is an ok button, I have to move my mouse 1 inch to the left in order to highlight and press it). This appears in Xvidtune, blackbox, fvwm, whatever is running in X.
I'd assume that this was a limitation of the video card, but I can get SVGATextmode running in some insanely high resolutions, and SVGA doom has no problem going up to 1024x768 (slow as h311 though). Following are the specs I pulled from IBM;s data sheets on the integrated graphics and then my XF86Config. Any help would be GREATLY appreciated!
The specs on the card are:
SVGA - 64 bit accellerator - S3 / Trio64
-1 MB video memory
-fastpageram
The Trio64 has a builtin RAMDAC and clockchip
S3 Graphics Modes:
Resolution Frame Rate Hz (noninterlaced) MEM Req. Max Colors
---------- ----------------------------- -------- ----------
640 X 480 60,72,75 1MB 32,000
640 X 480 60,72,75,85 1MB 256
640 X 480 60,72,75 1MB 65,536
640 X 480 60,72,75 2MB 16.7 mil
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
800 X 600 56,60,72,75 1MB 16
800 X 600 56,60,72,75,85 1MB 256
800 X 600 60,72,75 1MB 65,536
800 X 600 60,72,75 2MB 16.7 mil
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
1024 X 768 43.5(I),60,70,75 1MB 16
1024 X 768 43.5(I),60,70,75,85 1MB 256
1024 X 768 43.5(I),60,70,75 2MB 65,536
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
1280 X 1024 43.5(I).60,72,75 1MB 16
1280 X 1024 45(I),60,72,75 2MB 256
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
1600 X 1200 48.5(I) 2MB 256
Here's my XF86Config File:
# XF86Config auto-generated by XF86Setup
#
# Copyright (c) 1996 by The XFree86 Project, Inc.
#
# Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a
# copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"),
# to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation
# the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense,
# and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the
# Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
#
# The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in
# all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
#
# THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
# IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
# FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL
# THE XFREE86 PROJECT BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY,
# WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF
# OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE
# SOFTWARE.
#
# Except as contained in this notice, the name of the XFree86 Project shall
# not be used in advertising or otherwise to promote the sale, use or other
# dealings in this Software without prior written authorization from the
# XFree86 Project.
#
# See 'man XF86Config' for info on the format of this file
Section "Files"
RgbPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/rgb"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc:unscaled,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi:unscaled,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi:unscaled,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi"
EndSection
Section "ServerFlags"
EndSection
Section "Keyboard"
Protocol "Standard"
AutoRepeat 500 30
LeftAlt Meta
RightAlt Meta
ScrollLock Compose
RightCtl Control
XkbKeycodes "xfree86"
XkbTypes "default"
XkbCompat "default"
XkbSymbols "us(pc101)"
XkbGeometry "pc"
XkbRules "xfree86"
XkbModel "pc101"
XkbLayout "us"
EndSection
Section "Pointer"
Protocol "IMPS/2"
Device "/dev/mouse"
Resolution 100
Buttons 3
EndSection
Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Primary Monitor"
VendorName "Unknown"
ModelName "Unknown"
HorizSync 31.5-91.1
VertRefresh 60-85
Modeline "800x600" 60.75 800 864 928 1088 600 616 621 657 -hsync -vsync
Modeline "640x480" 36.00 640 696 752 832 480 481 484 509 -hsync -vsync
EndSection
Section "Device"
Identifier "Primary Card"
VendorName "Unknown"
BoardName "S3 86C764 (Trio64)"
VideoRam 1024
# Use Option "nolinear" if the server doesn't start up correctly
# (this avoids the linear framebuffer probe). If that fails try
# option "nomemaccess".
#
# Refer to /usr/X11R6/lib/doc/README.S3, and the XF86_S3 man page.
EndSection
Section "Screen"
Driver "Accel"
Device "Primary Card"
Monitor "Primary Monitor"
DefaultColorDepth 16
BlankTime 0
SuspendTime 0
OffTime 0
SubSection "Display"
Depth 8
Modes "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 15
Modes "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 16
Modes "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 24
Modes "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 32
Modes "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubSection
EndSection
Section "Screen"
Driver "SVGA"
Device "Primary Card"
Monitor "Primary Monitor"
DefaultColorDepth 16
BlankTime 0
SuspendTime 0
OffTime 0
SubSection "Display"
Depth 8
Modes "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 15
Modes "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 16
Modes "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 24
Modes "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 32
Modes "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubSection
EndSection
Section "Screen"
Driver "VGA16"
Device "Primary Card"
Monitor "Primary Monitor"
BlankTime 0
SuspendTime 0
OffTime 0
SubSection "Display"
Depth 4
Modes "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubSection
EndSection
Section "Screen"
Driver "VGA2"
Device "Primary Card"
Monitor "Primary Monitor"
BlankTime 0
SuspendTime 0
OffTime 0
SubSection "Display"
Depth 1
Modes "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubSection
EndSection
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