Date: Mon, 6 Feb 95 9:52:15 MST From: terry@cs.weber.edu (Terry Lambert) To: hughes@napa.eng.uop.edu (Ken Hughes) Cc: freebsd-questions@freefall.cdrom.com Subject: Re: XF86config configuration problem on a DEC VENTURIS 4100 Message-ID: <9502061652.AA05633@cs.weber.edu> In-Reply-To: <9502061551.AA07614@napa.eng.uop.edu> from "Ken Hughes" at Feb 6, 95 07:51:32 am
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> > Hi I am very worried that my graphics card is going to cause problems. > > > > It is an S3 TRIO 32/64 - I believe ! > > > > probe detects an S3 graphics adapter > > mmio_928, s3_generic > > > > but complains about unknown S3 chipset > > chip_id = 0xe1 > > > > can anyone help me ? > > The problem is the XFree86-3.1 S3 server does not support the S3 Trio > chipset; this should be corrected in the 3.1.1 release. In the meantime, > you can use the SVGA server to make the card work. I think lying about the "Chipset" to the S3 server may also work; you will probably need a couple other options to disable some advanced features as well. The "Chipset" option should be covered in the man page. I could be wrong; if so, wait for 3.1.1 and use SVGA meanwhile. Terry Lambert terry@cs.weber.edu --- Any opinions in this posting are my own and not those of my present or previous employers.
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