>From: "bryan pryor" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Subject: Re: [newbie] Xserver Problem with Trident 3DImage985
>Date: Fri, 31 Mar 2000 13:05:22 CST
>
>I have a solution, but you probably won't like it. I had similar problems
>with my Trident 3DImage975 AGP vid card, and tried for about 2 weeks to get
>it to work. I eventually fooled around and got it so I could get into a
>GUI, but it would constantly lock up on me. I finally went out and bought
>a
>new vid card, (ATI Expert98 PCI), reinstalled Mandrake 7.02 from scratch,
>and everything worked beautifully. If you go to the XFree86 website, they
>recommend the S3 chipset cards first, then an ATI vid card. Sorry I
>couldn't
>offer any more advice.
>
>Bryan
>
>P.S. If you read the README.trident file, you will see that they had
>problems with many of Trident's card.
>
>Hi
>
>I'm having problem with my Trident 3DImage985 AGP Videocard, when starting
>Xserver on Mandrake 6.1.
>The device is in the Driver list of this version of mandrake.I select the
>device from the list. Also my Monitor is in the list of monitors. It probes
>the setting Ok but X server has some problems with this device.
>Also when I select 800X600 in 8 bit mode, the X server can't perform a
>proper appearance.
>If anybody has the remedy, please inform me.
>
>Regards
>
>A. Momeni
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ThanX for your recommendation
I think U R right.Because I have a S3 PCI videocard and it works Ok under
mandrake. But I was willing to work with a 3D Videocard.
ThanX again
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