From owner-freebsd-questions Sat Oct 6 13:35:52 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from post.mail.nl.demon.net (post-10.mail.nl.demon.net [194.159.73.20]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A034437B403 for ; Sat, 6 Oct 2001 13:35:44 -0700 (PDT) Received: from [212.238.77.116] (helo=buffy.raggedclown.net) by post.mail.nl.demon.net with esmtp (Exim 3.22 #1) id 15pyAg-00026Z-00 for freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG; Sat, 06 Oct 2001 20:35:42 +0000 Received: by tanya.raggedclown.net (Ragged Clown Mailhost, from userid 500) id D7490103B; Sat, 6 Oct 2001 22:33:49 +0200 (CEST) Date: Sat, 6 Oct 2001 22:33:49 +0200 From: Cliff Sarginson To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: X 4.1.0 does not detect S3 Virge Card Message-ID: <20011006223349.C1611@tanya.raggedclown.intra> References: <000001c14e8b$453e8370$4a07a8c0@user0000011909> <20011006130250.C23710@linus.highpoint.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.16i In-Reply-To: <20011006130250.C23710@linus.highpoint.edu>; from zhartley@linus.highpoint.edu on Sat, Oct 06, 2001 at 01:02:50PM -0400 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG I think you need to use Version 3... for S3 cards. Having said that I would think that V4 would have set it up as a vanilla SVGA card. -- Regards Cliff p.s. I am replying at the top of this thread following the previous respondant's practise.. Without starting a war about it can people reply at the end of message threads, not at the beginning. On Sat, Oct 06, 2001 at 01:02:50PM -0400, Zach Hartley wrote: > Did you correctly specify your video card while using xf86config? > Also, check www.xfree86.org and make sure your video card is listed as > supported for 4.1.0. > > Zach > > Around Sat, Oct 06, 2001 at 09:20:58PM +0400, Arthur Boynagryan said something to the effect of: > > Hello! > > > > I have a S3 Virge DX/GX card (that's how it is identified in Windows). > > I installed FreeBSD 4.4 and XFree 4.1.0, then created a XF86Config > > file using xf86config. But when I try to run startx, it gives me the > > following errors: > > ... > > (EE) No devices detected. > > > > Fatal server error: > > no screens found > > ... > > > > What's the problem here? Please help > > > > Regards, > > > > Arthur > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > > -- > Zachary Todd Hartley > "Attempted murder. Now honestly, what is that? > Do they give a Nobel Prize for attempted chemistry?" > --Sideshow Bob > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message -- Regards Cliff To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message