Date: Wed, 13 Jan 1999 20:04:55 +1000 From: Greg Black <gjb@acm.org> To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: X setup for Video-71 AGP card (S3 Trio 3D) Message-ID: <19990113100456.28713.qmail@alice.gba.oz.au>
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I am in need of guidance from somebody who has successfully got
XFree86-3.3.3 (as distributed with 2.2.8-Release) to work with a
Video-71 AGP card with a S3 Trio 3D chipset.
XF86_VGA16 -probeonly reports:
VGA16: PCI: S3 Unknown chipset (0x8904) rev 1, Memory @ 0xe0000000
VGA16: chipset: generic
VGA16: videoram: 4096k (using 4096k)
VGA16: clocks: 25.18 28.32 25.18 25.18
VGA16: Maximum allowed dot-clock: 90.000 MHz
I don't know anything about these clocks, but the max allowed of
90 seems at odds with the two actual values reported in the
20's. The M$ Word pseudo-documentation on the CD that came with
the card states that it has an "Integrated 230 MHz RAMDAC and
programmable dual-clock synthesizer", whatever that measn. It
also lists dozens of VESA video modes with clocks going way up
past the 90 MHz given by the X probe.
Can I just use some of those values to dream up something that
fits with specs for my monitor (also unlisted anywhere -- a Sony
CPD-100ES), or do I need to wait until somebody comes up with a
driver that recognizes this chip? Or do I have to persuade my
vendor to swap the video cards in these five boxes for something
else? (That's the *least* preferred solution, since I suspect
that my vendor's pleasant smile will fade if I try that.)
Any useful hints would be most appreciated.
--
Greg Black <gjb@acm.org>
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