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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
>
>


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