Re: S3 TRIO 32 and XFree86?

[Siward de Groot <siward.de.groot@worldonline.nl>]

Charlie Grosvenor wrote:
> 
> I have just installed xserver-s3 and used Debian conf to configure it.
> When I try and run it I get the following:

> (**) S3: Mode "800x600": mode clock =  40.000
> (--) S3: Too little memory for mode "800x600"
> (--) S3: NB. 1 scan line is required for the hardware cursor
> (--) S3: Removing mode "800x600" from list of valid modes.
> (**) S3: Mode "640x480": mode clock =  25.200
> (--) S3: Too little memory for mode "640x480"
> (--) S3: NB. 1 scan line is required for the hardware cursor
> 
> Fatal server error:
> No valid modes found.

 Hi Charlie,

 seems like you dont have enough videomemory for 640x480,
   (which is 307 k pixels),
   so if 1 Mbyte is not enough it probably means that
   you are trying to use 4 bytes/pixel.
 in the config file this is called depth,
   and depth 32 is 4 bytes/pixel
 with my xserver (ati) depth 24 is also 4 bytes/pixel,
   because it cant do 3 bytes/pixel.
 
 try setting depth of 640x480 to 16.
 (should also work for 800x600)

 your config file would then contain something like :

Section "Screen"
   Driver          "Accel"
   Device          "Your Card"
   Monitor         "Your Monitor"
   DefaultColorDepth 16
   SubSection "Display"
      Depth        8
      Modes        "800x600" "640x480"
   EndSubSection
   SubSection "Display"
      Depth        16
      Modes        "800x600" "640x480"
   EndSubSection
EndSection

 hope this helps 
 have fun !

   Siward


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