Date: Sat, 18 Apr 1998 10:22:09 +0200 (MEST) From: Søren Schmidt <sos@FreeBSD.ORG> To: dstenn@fanfic.org (Dennis Tenn) Cc: freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: S3 ViRGE/DX w/ 4Mb RAM, XFree86 3.3.2 and xdm Message-ID: <199804180822.KAA08187@sos.freebsd.dk> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980417190613.2575A-100000@fanfic.org> from Dennis Tenn at "Apr 17, 98 07:11:56 pm"
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In reply to Dennis Tenn who wrote:
>
> 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?
Hmm, I run a Dual P6/200 with a S3 ViRGE/DX 4MB on -current and the
3.3.2 XF86_S3V server. I see no problems, but I don't use xdm that
often, but I have used it and it worked flawlessly....
If it matters my ViRGE card is an "ExpertColor" one with EDO RAM....
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