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I have the same card. Diamond Stealth 64 DRAM S3 Trio64 on my
older Pentium Pro 200 Mhz machine. I am new to Linux but I can tell
you that I can not seem to get this card to work with XFree864.3, XFree86 4.1 or XFree86 3.3. Now, I have tried the textmode install
and that doesn't seem to work. The last error line in my XFree86.log file
states something to the effect of no PCI device found so I was thinking that I picked the wrong driver. Nope tried again and the X still doesn't start. Wait I'm not done yet. When I installed via the script utility on the
the install menu I checked out the card database. Man, would you believe this crap. According to this the card we have is unsupported
Advice was to try generic vga but that didn't work either. I am fed up
with XFree86. I tried to get help on forums and I am told the card is
supported but it doesn't work. Various hardware compatibility charts I have found on the web also say this card is supported but it does not work. SO IF YOU GET THIS CARD TO WORK PLEASE LET ME KNOW HOW YOU DID IT! Here is one way I tried. Until the the card works you are stuck with textmode anyway so try this and see what happens:
I am new to this myself but here goes
You have to configure XFree86 as root or superuser :
I am assuming that you know have installed a Linux distro and know how
to login and get to root or superuser - if you don't let me know I will help
Now this is what I did
Go to /usr/X11/bin
Type xf86config then answer the set up questions.
Important to answer yes when the video card question asks you to
look in card database. This is where you will see the unsupport for this
card.
On some Linux distros the files may not be located in exactly the same
place so if you can't find the directory above or file do this
whereis xf86config
or whereis /usr/X11
You can also go to /etc/X11 - This is where the XFree86 configuration
files are on my system - Again if not on yours do
whereis XF86Config - When you find this file you will also see other
config files. But I think you can edit the XF86Config file. Just
type vi Xf86config or use whatever editor you want or is available
I use vi just because it is the first editor I learned in Linux so far.
After you configure logout as root and login as normal user
Then type startx - If x starts you did it - if not I know the feeling
There is a log file in /var/log/XFree86.0.log that you have to view
as root but it logs start attempts by X so you or someone else will need
to look at this file to help you but the last lines in my log file say
No matching device section
no devices detected
Good luck - I know that there are other ways but I honestly lack the
knowledge at this point to try them ( I am a newbie ). Video hardware
programming is not my field. PLEASE, PLEASE let me know if you get this card working and how you did it
Thanks
e-mail HdrCyt1@xxxxxxx
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