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Date:      Wed, 8 Sep 1999 16:02:29 +0300 (EEST)
From:      Evren Yurtesen <yurtesen@ispro.net.tr>
To:        Jim Mock <jim@blues.ghis.net>
Cc:        Gunnar Flygt <flygt@sr.se>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Linux is better than FreeBSD on X?
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.05.9909081602060.5619-100000@localhost>
In-Reply-To: <19990908224137.A64234@blues.ghis.net>

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I tried both of the things in the FAQ
and lots of things not in the FAQ

On Wed, 8 Sep 1999, Jim Mock wrote:

> On Wed, 08 Sep 1999 at 15:21:43 +0300, Evren Yurtesen wrote:
> > See the FAQ and the README.S3V file in the docs there it says that X
> > is supporting Trio3D and also if it does not support Trio3D then it
> > should not work with linux with 1024x768 right? also it works with
> > 1280x1024 with linux too...
> 
> So which X server are you using?  The XFree86 FAQ
> (http://www.xfree86.org/FAQ/#Trio3D) says..
> 
>     Q.F18- Is a server for the S3 Trio3D, Trio3D/2X or the S3 Savage3D
> 	   or the Savage4 available?
> 
>     XFree86-3.3.5 supports all these chipsets as part of the SVGA
>     server.  Please note that S3 Savage3D support was not tested and
>     Savage4 support is currently restricted to Linux and the Intel 
>     Platform. 
> 
> So you should be using the XF86_VGA16 or XF86_SVGA server.  According
> to the card list, it's VGA16, according to the FAQ it's SVGA, so I'm
> assuming both should work.
> 
> If you're not using either one of those servers, try one.
> 
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