Victor Richardson wrote:
> I'm running Mandrake 7.1 (X ver. 3.3.6). I agree that the PCI: unknown might
> the root of the problem. I'd guess that the video card is not working or that
> it is a newer version, but I bought the server new in November from IBM and
> I'd think that the latest drivers in 3.3.6 would include it.
>
> I'm thinking on trying X 4.0 today to see if it will help, but it is probably
> going to turn out to be a hardware problem. And will probably try to run it in
> Frame Buffer mode as IBM's site suggest, although I'm not sure how primitive
> the graphics will be. I've never seen Frame Buffer is it like SVGA?
>
> Any ideas on how to test the video card to see if it even works outside of
> installing Windows?
>
> Victor
>
> Paul wrote:
>
> > On Sun, 25 Jun 2000, Victor Richardson wrote:
> >
> > >I still am having trouble getting my S3 Trio3D to work. When
> > >"startx" runs using the S3Virge driver(as Xf86Free.org suggests) the
> >
> > What version of Mandrake are you using? I had an S3 card too, once, and
> > with RH6 (sorry guys) I could not get it to work. The latest S3-servers,
> > 3.3.6 and up, seem to have decent S3 support though. These are included in
> > mdk 7.x, not sure about 6.x.
> >
> > >(--) S3V: PCI: unknown (please report), ID 0x8904 rev 1, Linear FB @
> > >0xf4000000
> >
> > PCI unknown? That might be something to look into.
> >
> > Paul
> >
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Have you tried the AOpen P128 , it may work for you, it is based on the S3 Trio
3D/2X chip set.
