That card, the same one I have, is problematic at 24bpp. Get used to it at 16bpp. Search last years e-mail archives for details. This question used to come up a lot.
-Ian On Fri, 9 Apr 1999, Shao Zhang wrote: > Hi, > I have a 4mb diamond 3d s3 virge video card. From XFree86.org, I > read that "1280x1024 at 24/32 bpp for a 4 Meg". > > However, I can only achieve 16 at 1024x768. When I try -bpp 24, I > get the following output: > > virge:/home/s2193893# X -bpp 24 :1 > > XFree86 Version 3.3.2.3 / X Window System > (protocol Version 11, revision 0, vendor release 6300) > Release Date: July 15 1998 > If the server is older than 6-12 months, or if your card is newer > than the above date, look for a newer version before reporting > problems. (see http://www.XFree86.Org/FAQ) > Operating System: Linux 2.0.36 i686 [ELF] > Configured drivers: > S3V: accelerated server for S3 graphics adaptors (Patchlevel 0) > s3_ViRGE > (using VT number 8) > > XF86Config: /etc/X11/XF86Config > (**) stands for supplied, (--) stands for probed/default values > (**) XKB: keycodes: "xfree86" > (**) XKB: types: "default" > (**) XKB: compat: "default" > (**) XKB: symbols: "us(pc101)" > (**) XKB: geometry: "pc" > (**) XKB: rules: "xfree86" > (**) XKB: model: "pc102" > (**) XKB: layout: "us" > (**) Mouse: type: PS/2, device: /dev/mouse, resolution: 100 > (**) Mouse: buttons: 3 > (**) S3V: Graphics device ID: "Primary Card" > (**) S3V: Monitor ID: "Primary Monitor" > (**) FontPath set to > "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc:unscaled,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi:unscaled,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi:unscaled,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Type1,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Speedo,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/chinese/:unscaled,/usr/local/chinese-fonts/,unix/:7101" > (--) S3V: PCI: ViRGE rev 6, Linear FB @ 0xe0000000 > (--) S3V: chipset: ViRGE rev. 6 > (--) S3V: chipset driver: s3_ViRGE > (**) S3V: videoram: 4096k > (--) S3V: Ramdac type: s3_trio64 > (--) S3V: Ramdac speed: 135 MHz (57 MHz for 32 bpp) > (--) S3V: Using Trio32/64 programmable clock (MCLK 54.886 MHz) > (--) S3V: Maximum allowed dot-clock: 57.000 MHz > (--) S3V: Clock for mode "1024x768" is too high for the configured > hardware. > Limit is 57.000 MHz > > Fatal server error: > No valid modes found. > > > Could someone please help me? > > THanks. > > Shao. > ____________________________________________________________________________ > Shao Zhang - Running Debian 2.1 ___ _ _____ > Department of Communications / __| |_ __ _ ___ |_ / |_ __ _ _ _ __ _ > University of New South Wales \__ \ ' \/ _` / _ \ / /| ' \/ _` | ' \/ _` | > Sydney, Australia |___/_||_\__,_\___/ /___|_||_\__,_|_||_\__, | > Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > |___/ > _____________________________________________________________________________ > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null > ______________________________________________________________________ Ian Setford [EMAIL PROTECTED] PGP = F2 92 50 E3 CD D7 A2 D9 C4 CE 08 A6 98 E0 0F 58
