Johann Spies wrote:
On Sun, Jun 16, 2002 at 05:15:49PM +0200, Matthijs Kooijman wrote:
You'd better check that, since I believe the support for a lot of S3
cards is not present in XFree86 4.1 (4.2 supports most S3 cards, but
is not present in testing)
xserver-s3 in woody provides for S3 cards. But this is not XFree86
4.x
Johann
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The various servers from Xfree86 3.3.6 CAN be used in XFree86 4.1
provided you add the "xserver-common-v3" package plus the server you
want to use. This particular package provides (quote from package
discription):
"xserver-common-v3 contains files required by XFree86 version 3.x X
servers, and includes a text-based program (xf86config-v3) that
configures the /etc/X11/XF86Config file, whose primary purpose is to
describe the computer's video and input hardware to the X server."
There is more to the Package description that would provide some more
insight.
I know about this because I had my system configured to run the
XF86_SVGA server for about 2 months until I learned that the newer
xserver-xfree86 supported my card. It worked just fine configured that
way.
I think this package was included/created specifically for those cards
like the S3 that are NOT supported by the newer server. I also had a
friend that used this combination to get a S3 card to work.
Cheers,
-Don Spoon-
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