Re: Slackware Linux, XFree 3.3.x, Trio 3D/2x video board

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Alexandru Goia wrote:
>  (1) I have the Slackware 7.0.0 disk (1999), which contains
>  X Free , version 3.3.5. My video board is a S3 Trio 3D/2x,
>  AGP, 86C 362.
>  
>      I managed to run perfectly X Free with Slackware :
>   -- 9.1 and 4.3.0
>   -- 8.0 and 4.1.0.

Why try to run such an ancient version of Slackware Linux (7), and XFree86 (3.x)
with "modern" hardware? Sounds like a waste of time and effort.

>  (2) Second, I want very much to install X11, using the
>  Slackware Linux 3.4 distribution, which contains X Free,
>  version 3.3.1. The only video mode that is accepted is
>  320 x 200 (as far as I configured the system). Please
>  guide my through the setup process, having in mind that
>  the AGP architecture didn't existed in the years 1997-1998.

You have the choice of the limited modes available for SVGA or perhaps you can
try the VESA driver.
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