Date: Thu, 28 Mar 1996 16:00:43 +1100 (EST) From: David Dawes <dawes@rf900.physics.usyd.edu.au> To: pascal@pascal.org (Freeman P. Pascal IV) Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: STB PowerGraph 64 Video (Trio64V+) and XF86... Message-ID: <199603280500.QAA18111@rf900.physics.usyd.edu.au> In-Reply-To: <3159FBF4.167EB0E7@pascal.org> from "Freeman P. Pascal IV" at Mar 27, 96 06:39:48 pm
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>I upgraded to a P100 PCI motherboard awhile back and with it a new >video card. I'm now using a "STB PowerGraph 64 Video" video card >and I'm having no end to trouble when trying to configure it with >XF96 (everything else seems to run just fine on this new motherboard). > >Has anyone else been able to get this card to work with XF86? > >Here's the Device section I'm using: > > Section "Device" > Identifier "STB PowerGraph 64 Video" > VendorName "STB" > Chipset "s3_generic" > EndSection > >The above settings at lease cause the XF86_S3 server to see the >card and identify it as having a Trio64V+ chipset when I run with >"-probeonly". But when I run the server the screen clears, the >drive light comes on, and my machine locks up solid. After >rebooting I have filesystem damage proportional to how quick I was >at hitting the reset button. If I wait too long I get corrupted >file systems that have extensive damage. > >I've tried other settings for Chipset which I've found for other >Trio64 cards on the Web by running "strings" on the server binary. >Settings like "s3_trio64", "S3-Trio64", "S3-Trio64V+", "s3_trio64v+", >"trio64", and "trio64v" have come back as "Unidentified chipset...". A chipset setting isn't necessary. Try the 3.1.2D beta version. There were problems with the Trio64V+ support in earlier versions. If that doesn't work any better, let me know. David
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