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Date:      Tue, 12 Mar 2002 16:44:41 +0800
From:      "Happy" <kuishin@singnet.com.sg>
To:        <FreeBSD-newbies@FreeBSD.org>
Subject:   Video Card Problem
Message-ID:  <000a01c1c9a2$26e7e0a0$a8fd7dcb@ajax>
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Hi,
    I am a new user of FreeBSD. I just finished intalling FreeBSD 4.0 on my system. However, there seems to be a video card compatibility problem. When i booted into the K desktop,there are icons displayed but the captions cannot be seen. This goes the same for the windows and menus where icons are visible but with illegable captions.Hence the GUI is unusable.
 
    I have a S3 trio 32/64 PCI (732/764) video card. During installation,when i wanted to configer the X server,this msg appeared when i clicked on the S3 trio 64 option on the list. It said:   
 
    "The server required by the card is not installed. Pls abort,install the S3 server as /usr/X11R6/bin/XF86_S3 and run this program again." I have tried typing this at command line interface but to no avail.

    Can you please advice on how to install the S3 server or are there other methods to overcome this problem? Thanks!

                                                                                            Yours faithfully,
                                                                                            A new user

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<DIV><FONT size=2>Hi,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; I am a new user of FreeBSD. I just finished 
intalling FreeBSD 4.0 on my system. However, there seems to be a video card 
compatibility problem. When i booted into the K desktop,there are icons 
displayed but the captions cannot be seen. This goes the same for the windows 
and menus where icons are visible but with illegable captions.Hence the GUI is 
unusable.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2></FONT>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; I have a S3 trio 32/64 PCI (732/764) video 
card. During installation,when i wanted to configer the X server,this msg 
appeared when i clicked on the S3 trio 64 option on the list. It 
said:&nbsp;&nbsp; </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2></FONT>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; "The server required by the card is not 
installed. Pls abort,install the S3 server as /usr/X11R6/bin/XF86_S3 and run 
this program again." I have tried typing this at command line interface but to 
no avail.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Can you please advice on how to install the 
S3 server or are there other methods to overcome this problem? 
Thanks!</FONT></DIV>
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Yours faithfully,</FONT></DIV>
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