From owner-freebsd-hardware Fri Apr 17 16:46:24 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id QAA12112 for freebsd-hardware-outgoing; Fri, 17 Apr 1998 16:46:24 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from symbion.srrc.usda.gov ([199.78.118.118]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id XAA12098 for ; Fri, 17 Apr 1998 23:46:07 GMT (envelope-from glenn@nola.srrc.usda.gov) Received: from nola.srrc.usda.gov (localhost.srrc.usda.gov [127.0.0.1]) by symbion.srrc.usda.gov (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id SAA05374; Fri, 17 Apr 1998 18:45:14 -0500 (CDT) (envelope-from glenn@nola.srrc.usda.gov) Message-Id: <199804172345.SAA05374@symbion.srrc.usda.gov> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0.2 2/24/98 To: Dennis Tenn cc: freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG From: Glenn Johnson Subject: Re: S3 ViRGE/DX w/ 4Mb RAM, XFree86 3.3.2 and xdm In-reply-to: Your message of "Fri, 17 Apr 1998 19:11:56 EDT." Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Fri, 17 Apr 1998 18:45:14 -0500 Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org > > Hi everyone. > > I've been experiencing a problem with the above combination on my computer > and would like to know if I'm the only one and if there is a solution. > > I have a P166 w/ 128Mb RAM and the above hardware. When I start up my > computer in xdm the initial screen comes up perfectly. I login and if I > exit my X-window session I get a screen full of virtical red lines and my > console locks up. This also happened to a friend who is running XFree86 > 3.3.2 with the same card using Linux while I'm using it with FreeBSD > 3.0-current. We both are using the XF86_S3V accellerated driver. We both > would like to use xdm but this problem doesn't let us. Is this a problem > with the driver or the hardware, ie. the S3 ViRGE/DX video card? It's the driver. Use the XF86_SVGA driver instead. -- Glenn Johnson Technician USDA-ARS-SRRC Phone: (504) 286-4252 1100 Robert E. Lee Boulevard FAX: (504) 286-4217 New Orleans, LA 70124 e-mail: gjohnson@nola.srrc.usda.gov To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message