Date: Wed, 24 May 1995 02:13:37 -0700 From: Torbjorn Granlund <tege@cygnus.com> To: bugs@xfree86.org, freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org Cc: tege@cygnus.com Subject: XFree86 3.1.1 and Spider Tarantula 64 v2.0 Message-ID: <199505240913.CAA02700@cygnus.com>
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Using FreeBSD 2.0.950412-SNAP and the precompiled XFree86 3.1.1, I cannot get a Spider Tarantula 64 PCI card to work. I have set up systems with older versions of the same card, and now the same XF86Config file will not work. My motherboard is a Intel Zappa with the Triton chipset. This board has gotten a poor reputation, but I doubt it can cause the observed effects. (The other systems I have built with older Spider Tarantulas had different motherboards, but ran FreeBSD also.) I noticed that the Spider Tarantula cards I have been using before had version number 1.x, while the card that I am having problems with now, calls itself 2.0. The only modes I have been able to get working are 320x200, and the plain screen mode the system starts up in (which might actually be equivalent to 320x200). When trying other modes with the generic SVGA server (XF86_SVGA) I get a badly distorted picture, with several pictures overlaid. When using XF86_S3, the screen looks much less distorted, but windows are invisible. The only way to know were windows are, is by watching the cursor change when moving the mouse around. Similarly, menus are invisble, but they apparently works. Have you heard of similar problems with this card from other users of XFree86 3.1.1? I am not sure on how to usefully report a problem like this one. I will be glad to provide any information that you might want, or make experiments in order to debug this. Torbjorn
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