Although the S3 virge is listed as supported by xfree86 4.2.0, it isn't. You will get the corrupted video that you are experiencing. Xfree86 3.3.6 will support the chip, but there will be one problem. Xwindow will run find. When you close Xwindow and try to go to a command line, the screen will be garbled. I understand there is a program vgareset that will ungarble the command line, but I haven't been able to find the program. Here is what I posted previously regarding this problem. My symptoms were a small, rectangular area that adjacent to the cursor, plus other annoying distortions. I was using a SonyCPD 1304 monitor that was supported by RedHat.. I found the solution at "www.dsm.fordham.edu/~moniot/linux-compaq/". With RedHat's help (see below) I was able to implement it. The basic problem seems to be that the XF86_SVGA server doesn't support Compaq's (OEM version?) of the S3 Virge card It is better supported by the XF86_S3 server which was also included on the RedHat 7.2 distribution disks. Here is how Red Hat advised me to implement the fix recommended at www.dsm.fordham.edu/~moniot/linux-compaq/: About the video settings, we suggest that you install the XFree86-S3V package which is located at the Red Hat CD#2, under the RedHat/RPMS directory. To install that package please use this command: rpm -ivh XFree86-S3V* Then issue this command to reconfigure the settings: Xconfigurator --expert --preferxf3 --server XF86_S3V _______________________________________________ Newbie@XFree86.Org *** To unsubscribe , or change message options, see: http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/newbie
