On Sun, Apr 28, 2002 at 02:20:42PM +0200, Peter Gloor wrote: > Thank you. So far I've been looking at the wrong lists, published somewhere > else. > > Now I'm one step further. It looks that there is no tested driver supporting > the RAMDAC. > > Now I even know what a RAMDAC is, and after opening my computer I managed to > find it. It is a 86C785. Now I even know what all these numbers are. So far > I was even not aware that it is a S3 Trio64V4/GX. > > IBM has similar problems with some Netfinity servers. They provide now a > patched driver for SuSE Linux. After I've got more insight now and reviewing > all my notes I assume that this driver ist for XFree86 V3 (3.3) and not V4. > > Now, for the first time I managed to setup V4 (4.2) in a way it seems to > work with a low resolution (640x480). This is a big suggess for me! I have > not yet tried with 600x800 or SVGA. > > Sometimes, the right pointers are worth much more than great technical > explanations. How could I oversee the Driver Status document in the V4 > documentation. > > Kind regards, > > Peter > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Lionel Lecoq" <lionel_lecoq@yahoo.com> > To: <newbie@XFree86.Org> > Sent: Saturday, April 27, 2002 10:38 PM > Subject: Re: [Newbie]Compaq Deskpro 2000 5166MMX w/integrated S3 Trio64V4 > > > > Hi, > > Have a look at www.xfree86.org > Support,Documentation and resources > > XFree86.4.x.x online > > documentation > Drivers status for... and then S3 > > You will find out that the card is supported under some restrictions > > If, in your case it is not, you should have no problems with v3, try using > the SVGA driver... > > posting both XF86Config file and log (/var/log/XFree86.0.log) would allow > people to help. > > Lionel I managed to get it going through vesa fb dev in the kernel it's a little sloppy. But it's ok for now. Just recompile the kernel with fbdev with vesa supp vga=-3 (Option for lilo) and enter 313 after showing modes, and you've got (with a little overhead) 800*600 16 bits. Edit /etc/X11/XF86Config device setction fbdev.. All ok let's play... Greatings Ringo btw It's a very sloppy descr. it's just an idea if you like I am happy to give more pointers (it took me 3 weeks to figure all this out ;-( (but I learned a lot...). happy hacking
