In X 3.x.x you have to have different servers for differents video adapters. i.e. the server only has a driver for a specific type of card but for the SVGA which is a more or less "universal" server driver combination. in v4.x.x you have only one server (XFree86) which can use different driver modules (the S3, s3virge, vesa, ati, etc. drivers) This is a cleaner implementation. If I were you, I would try first the X 4.x.x version of X with the driver which is recommended (s3virge, which is to be specified in the device section) If the results were to be unsatisfactory, I would downgrade to X 3.x.x (usually 3.3.6) using the SVGA (i.e. XF86_SVGA) and wait for a newer release of X 4.x.x with (hopefully) a usable driver for your card. I myself have an S3 aurora64+ on a laptop and downgrading gave the best results (the card was supported by neither the s3 nor the s3virge driver, worked well but unaccelerated with vesa, and worked very well and accelerated with X 3.3.6 and SVGA) Lionel --- Morten Gulbrandsen <morten.gulbrandsen@t-online.de> wrote: > Hello again, > > I went to the S3 homepage and downloaded > s3id.exe > > ======================================== > A:\>s3id > > S3 Chip Identify Utility Version 1.00.07 > > Related CR register information: > CR2D = 0x8A CR2E = 0x13 CR2F = 0x02 CR30 = 0xE1 CR36 = 0x1F CR5E = > 0x00 > CR68 = 0xFF CR6F = 0xF8 CR72 = 0x00 CR73 = 0x00 CR92 = 0x00 CRB0 = > 0x00 > > S3 Video Chip: Trio3D/2X (362/368) > Display Memory Size: 8M > Display Memory Type: SDRAM > > =========================================== > > I think this identifies the chip unambiguously. > > Hence linux, FreeBSD or Solaris for Intel CPU > using XFree86 3.3.6 and 4.2.0 supports my video board with > XF86_SVGA server with the s3v driver (3.3.6) > and "s3virge" driver. (4.2.0) > > I'd now like to know what is a server and what is a driver ? > > why don't 4.2.0 need any server, just a driver ? > If it needs a server which one am I to select ? > > What is the recommended XFree86 version for my video card, please ? > > > > Yours Sincerely > > Morten Gulbrandsen > _______________________________________________ > > Newbie@XFree86.Org > *** To unsubscribe , or change message options, see: > http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/newbie __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Health - your guide to health and wellness http://health.yahoo.com
