Date: Tue, 20 Nov 2001 16:59:44 -0700 From: "Don Sutter" <drs@suntreeaz.com> To: "Josh Paetzel" <friar_josh@webwarrior.net> Cc: "FreeBSD Questions" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: S3 ViRGE in high color mode Message-ID: <00bf01c1721f$70034660$13fea8c0@drs> References: <001f01c16f2c$b1125f60$13fea8c0@drs> <20011117175913.B504@twincat.vladsempire.net>
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I wish I could report your suggestion worked but it doesn't. It doesn't seem to be resolution dependent, rather color depth dependent. I usually run my monitor at 1280 X 1024. 8 bit mode runs fine but nothing else. I suspect it's a driver issue... ----- Original Message ----- From: "Josh Paetzel" <friar_josh@webwarrior.net> To: "Don Sutter" <drs@suntreeaz.com> Cc: "FreeBSD Questions" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Sent: Saturday, November 17, 2001 10:59 AM Subject: Re: S3 ViRGE in high color mode > On Fri, Nov 16, 2001 at 10:57:07PM -0700, Don Sutter wrote: > > Has anyone figured out how to get a 4M S3 ViRGE PCI (86C325) > > to run at more than 256 colors at 1024 X 768 in KDE 2.2.1 / > > XFree86 4.1.0_10 without breaking up every time you move the > > mouse? I looked the man page at > > http://www.xfree86.org/4.1.0/s3virge.4.html over and there > > are quite a few combinations to try. Anybody had any luck > > yet or am I just too far out on the bleeding edge? > > heh, no. :) > > Try this in your XF86Config: > > Section "Screen" > Identifiers "Screen0" > Device "Card0" > Monitor "Monitor0" > DefaultDepth 16 > Subsection "Display" > Depth 16 > Modes "1024x768" > EndSubSection > EndSection > > Section "Device" > Identifier "Card0" > Driver "s3virge" > VendorName "cirrus" > BoardName "whatever" > BusID "PCI:0:15:0" #Your entry here might vary > ChipSet "86c325" > EndSection > > > See if that works. > Josh > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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