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From: Rick Hamell <hamellr@heorot.1nova.com>
To: Don Sutter <drs@suntreeaz.com>
Cc: Josh Paetzel <friar_josh@webwarrior.net>,
	FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject: Re: S3 ViRGE in high color mode
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	It's because 4 megs is not enough to do 1280x1024 AND more then 8
bit... If you pull it down to 1024x768x16bit, it'll probally work.

	Rick

> 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...

> 
> > 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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