Thanks for the tip, I'll give it a try tonight, I'm desperate.
Victor
Dennis Myers wrote:
> 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.
