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List:       xfree-newbie
Subject:    Re: Re: [Newbie]ADI Microscan 3V / S3 Trio3D / XF86 3.3.6 / hi-res
From:       "Phil" <yeehaa () edsamail ! com ! ph>
Date:       2001-06-26 0:51:11
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Hi Alex!

newbie@XFree86.Org wrote:

> > The first time I installed it, when the installer attempted to detect
> > my video settings, the monitor went blank and there was no response from my
> > computer.
> 
> It was the same here immediately after I installed Mandrake 7.2 with XF86 4.0.1.
> Although XF3.3.6 worked just fine (after I tweaked the XF86Config) (SVGA server,

Can you attach a copy of your XF86Config (the oneyou used for XF 3.3.6)? Tnx.

> haven't tested the S3 one), the 4.0.1 performed exactly as you describe. After I
> installed 4.0.3, it became a _bit_ better, although the problems still existed.
> The final solution I found was to abandon the
> vga=788
> kernel option (the one Mandrake had chosen upon install due to unknown -- to
> me;-) reasons) and to revert to
> vga=normal
> After that I've configured SVGATextMode instead of the kernel support for the
> SVGA CLI. That did the trick, although I don't know what the heck the
> problem was in the first place. Kernels tested: 2.2.x, 2.4.0.
> 
> I'm interested in your experience: whether the trick described above helps or
> not etc.
> 

Can this "vga" setting be found in XF86Config? How about "SVGATextMode"?

> > I tried tweaking XF86Config but failed. The problem doesn't seem to be the
> > monitor. It seems to be S3Trio3D video card. The X server always detects it as
> > S3 Virge, runs XAA (X Accelerated Architecture), then my computer monitor goes
> > blank again and hangs.
> 
> It's not the monitor. In my experience, XF86 4.0.1. just used to hang the
> videocard. At some point I tried the "vga" driver, which resulted in monitor
> reporting that it was instructed to use vert. refresh of 0 (!!!) Hz. Usual crap
> "waiting 15 seconds" etc. etc. followed;-)
> 

In my case, the XF86_VGA16 driver worked fine with me (640x480x16 colors), but the \
XF86_SVGA and XF86_S3 didn't.

Thanks a lot!!
Phil

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