Thanks to Uzo Eke I found a way to get my S3 ViRGE working. I installed the
XFree86-S3V* rpm and then ran Xconfigurator --noauto. I selected the S3 Virge
(old) video card and then restarted. This fixed the video corruption in X.
However, there is one caveat. After exiting X the PC has to be rebooted because
the text mode video is corrupted.
This isn't a major problem for me though as I will probably always start up in X
and I can't think of very many situations where I would need to exit X since I
can simply use an X terminal.
Thanks again Uzo!
Cordially,
Scott Sprunger
John Aldrich wrote:
> On Wed, 01 Mar 2000, you wrote:
> > Scott Sprunger wrote:
> >
> > > I've got a Compaq Deskpro 4000 5233MMX with a Compaq S3 ViRGE/GX PCI
> > > V1.70 video card. I'm trying to set up X in Mandrake 7.0 using
> > > Xconfigurator but so far have been mostly unsuccessful. The problem is
> > > that X will come up but the screen is distorted (especially around the
> > > mouse pointer). So I tried Xconfigurator --noauto which allowed me to
> > > make sure the S3 ViRGE/GX driver was selected along with the correct
> > > monitor. I'm fairly certain the problem is not with the monitor as I've
> > > successfully run RedHat 6.1 and X in the past. I also tried the S3
> > > ViRGE generic driver and finally the plain S3 driver but all 3 do the
> > > same thing. Has anyone else seen this before and if so find a solution?
> > >
> > > Cordially,
> > >
> > > Scott Sprunger
> >
> I'm running an S3 Virge / GX on Mandrake 6.0.
> Here's a cut / paste from my WORKING S3 Virge / GX:
> Section "Device"
> Identifier "S3 Virge / GX"
> VendorName "AOpen"
> BoardName "PT75 Plus II"
> #VideoRam 4096
> #Option "xaa_benchmark"
> #Option "fifo_moderate"
> #Option "pci_burst_on"
> #Option "pci_retry"
> # Insert Clocks lines here if appropriate
> EndSection
>
> I'm using XFree86 3.3.3.1, X-TT 1.2.1, patches according to KDE
> Control Center. I'm also (I think) using a frame-buffer kernel. I've
> got some problems with this when I *leave* X, but before I enter X
> and while I'm IN X, things are great. Console windows are fine as
> well. It's only when I shut down X or try to open a different TTY in
> console mode that I have problems. Can't read the characters. This is
> supposedly fixed in a newer X server, but I haven't bothered to
> upgrade. Also, I'm using the Generic SVGA driver.
> John
