are you running 4.x.x or 3.3.6? vesa is an 4.x.x driver (I believe the *universal* 3.3.6 driver is svga) If you are running 4.x.x then Driver "vga" in your device section should suffice
Your XF86Config would help do you really have only 1 MB ram or does your graphic card have 1 MB ram (it's a bit skimpy you would have to run with default depth 8) Lionel --- lee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I have a s3 805 chip on a 486 w/1mg ram > So far all the x configs I have tried > end up freezing the monitor, keyboard, mouse > when I startx,and I have to manually turn the pc > off. The FreebSD naturally complains a lot at reboot. > > I heard I should try the VESA driver. I've seen no > mention of this anywhere in x86config or XF86Setup or > in the X86Config file I've been looking at. > > How do I implement the VESA driver? > > Thanks. > If this doen't work I'll get an isa video card > and use that. > > > > _______________________________________________ > Newbie mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > *** To unsubscribe , or change message options, see: > http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/newbie __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Send FREE video emails in Yahoo! Mail! http://promo.yahoo.com/videomail/ _______________________________________________ Newbie mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** To unsubscribe , or change message options, see: http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/newbie