Date: Sat, 20 Jun 1998 15:53:22 +0500 ( AMT ) From: ran@ran.am To: sos@FreeBSD.ORG Cc: davidg@autodebit.com, cr@jcmax.com, smp@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: S3 video cards Message-ID: <199806201053.PAA14600@styx.aic.net> In-Reply-To: <199806200916.LAA05190@sos.freebsd.dk> from =?ISO-8859-1?Q?S=F8ren_Schmidt?= at "Jun 20, 98 11:16:14 am"
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> In reply to David Green-Seed who wrote: > > I don't know if this is related, but I've noticed that my S3 Virge DX based > > video card tends to have intermittant problems - it appears as if fonts get > > corrupted. I haven't been able to determine what causes it. > > This occurs under Windows 95, NT and FreeBSD (far less often with FreeBSD) > > and appears to be fixable by switching video modes. The symptom exists with > > both 64MB and 128MB. (It's a 4MB card) > > > > Any insights would be appreciated. > > I think that might be driver problems, XFree86 at least have had problems > with the ViRGE/DX cards, and I've seen a lot of bad win95 drivers too. > The latest 3.3.2 XfreeBSD SV3 server seems pretty stable here, only > a wee bit pixel errors now and then if I move things too fast around. > Don't try to use S3V driver with xdm. In this case, sometimes when you logout, system completely hang. With SVGA driver my ViRGE/DX work fine about 2 month. > -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- > Søren Schmidt (sos@FreeBSD.org) FreeBSD Core Team > Even more code to hack -- will it ever end? > .. > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-smp" in the body of the message -- Ran d'Adi ran@ran.am ran@styx.aic.net To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-smp" in the body of the message
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