Hi Filiep, Why invest $'s in a new version to try it out. Linux is FREE. That's the idea. Download a free distribution and then try your H/W out. I am not answering on details in your inquire. BG Hans. _______________________________________________________________ At 17:13 2002-11-30 -0600, Chelli & Filiep wrote: >I have a generic video card with a S3 chipset (yes it's authentic). The chip >is labeled >S3Trio64V2/DX (86c775). The card has 1M of memory and I'm trying to run Suse >Linux 6.1 (yes it's old but I didn't want to invest more $ before I could be >convinced >that the system will work). The Xfree86 system has a help file dated 1998 >(no clue >which version). When I start X86config I get a screen with a 720x800 >resolution so >the card works Ok. >I have tried and tried and tried some more but whatever I do the X system >will not >start with an S3 chip selected. I get errno 111 'can't connect'. After >having selected >SVGA and a generic chipset the system runs but with a 320x200 resolution so >that I >can't even see what the congratulations message says. Also KDM is useless >with this >kind of resolution. >Before the system was working with the SVGA settings (which I don't see to >be able >to undo) I tried to start KDM and got the message that the system had >detected a >Sigma designs RealMagic 64/GX chipset. I have not found this card or chipset >anywhere in the X86config program. > >Does someone have an idea how I can solve this without buying a new video >card? > >Thanks, > >Filiep > >btw I only have an internet connection on my w95 machine. > >_______________________________________________ > >Newbie@XFree86.Org >*** To unsubscribe , or change message options, see: >http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/newbie > E-mail: Hans.Borg@irf.se _______________________________________________ Newbie@XFree86.Org *** To unsubscribe , or change message options, see: http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/newbie
