Re: [newbie] Video Card incompatable?
On Fri, 2003-08-15 at 22:13, Cody Harris wrote: The VGA option was set to 786. On starting the computer with XFree 3.x with the edited lilo, it tired to start X about 3 times then says something about failing. On logging in as root and startxing, it says Fatal server error: No valid modes found. - Original Message - From: Charles A Edwards [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, August 15, 2003 6:53 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] Video Card incompatable? Cody, post, or mail off-list your etc/lilo.conf file. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Video Card incompatable?
I have sent you my lilo.conf off list. - Original Message - From: ed tharp [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: newbie [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, August 16, 2003 7:57 AM Subject: Re: [newbie] Video Card incompatable? On Fri, 2003-08-15 at 22:13, Cody Harris wrote: The VGA option was set to 786. On starting the computer with XFree 3.x with the edited lilo, it tired to start X about 3 times then says something about failing. On logging in as root and startxing, it says Fatal server error: No valid modes found. - Original Message - From: Charles A Edwards [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, August 15, 2003 6:53 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] Video Card incompatable? Cody, post, or mail off-list your etc/lilo.conf file. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Video Card incompatable?
On Sat, 2003-08-16 at 09:52, Cody Harris wrote: I have sent you my lilo.conf off list. - Original Message - From: ed tharp [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: newbie [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, August 16, 2003 7:57 AM Subject: Re: [newbie] Video Card incompatable? On Fri, 2003-08-15 at 22:13, Cody Harris wrote: The VGA option was set to 786. On starting the computer with XFree 3.x with the edited lilo, it tired to start X about 3 times then says something about failing. On logging in as root and startxing, it says Fatal server error: No valid modes found. - Original Message - From: Charles A Edwards [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, August 15, 2003 6:53 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] Video Card incompatable? Cody, post, or mail off-list your etc/lilo.conf file. Got it, and replied with changes to lilo.conf, and a short explanation of passing the mem=xxxM to the kernel in the append statement in lilo that I hope will help and make sense. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Video Card incompatable?
You say my problem is to do with a frame buffer? Yes i have a color lilo boot menu. How do i fix this? Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Video Card incompatable?
On Fri, 15 Aug 2003 17:42:37 -0300 Cody Harris [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: You say my problem is to do with a frame buffer? Yes i have a color lilo boot menu. How do i fix this? You can pass the parameter vga=normal, either at boot or by adding it to your lilo.conf This will ensure that your system boots without framebuffer. Unfortunately this is not the root cause of the difficulties which you are having. As XFree evolves and new cards and chipsets are become supported a consequence is that some older chipsets/cards are no longer supported. In the case of the s3 Trio64, when using XFree-4.3, Only those cards which have IBM RGB 524, Texas Instruments 3025, or an internal TrioDAC RAMDAC chip have 3d support. AFAIR the latest version of XFree in which your card would be fully supported was 3.3.6 Using XFdrake you can switch to XFree-3.3.6 from whatever 4.x.x version you are now currently running. Though their recent offerings are becoming better I, personally, view with disdain the s3 tag since, as at inception they were a 'base' 'windblows' offering which allowed 'cost-cutting' by computer butchers. In the case of vid cards, though they can at time be a hassle, I will stick with either ATI or NVIDIA, with my preference being ATI. If you have an avaiable AGP slot I would consider a change. If this is a viable option if you contact me off-list I may be able, for a song, to offer you an alternative. If this is not an alternative you may need to consider dropping 3d and using the svga server/driver. Charles -- 42 - Mandrake Linux 9.2 on PurpleDragon Kernel- 2.4.22-0.5mdkenterprise http://www.eslrahc.com - pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: [newbie] Video Card incompatable?
On Fri, 2003-08-15 at 16:42, Cody Harris wrote: You say my problem is to do with a frame buffer? Yes i have a color lilo boot menu. How do i fix this? see Charles's reply, he is absolutely correct. but also check your lilo for the mem statement, since this is an on-board shared video memory video chipset. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Video Card incompatable?
I'm a little confused here. Should i or shouldn't i use Xfree 4.3? I don't care about 3d support because i'm not playing any games. I'll try the lilo and stuff in a minute. - Original Message - From: Charles A Edwards [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, August 15, 2003 6:53 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] Video Card incompatable? Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Video Card incompatable?
The VGA option was set to 786. On starting the computer with XFree 3.x with the edited lilo, it tired to start X about 3 times then says something about failing. On logging in as root and startxing, it says Fatal server error: No valid modes found. - Original Message - From: Charles A Edwards [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, August 15, 2003 6:53 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] Video Card incompatable? Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Video Card incompatable?
- Original Message - From: Haywiremac [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, August 12, 2003 3:34 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] Video Card incompatable? On Tue, 12 Aug 2003 13:10:07 -0300 Cody Harris [EMAIL PROTECTED] uttered: I have to use Xfree version 3 because 4 makes a lot of verticle bars and the colour gets messed up ya, that's what I got too with my old Trio64V2. I picked up an old PCI It seems to work OK if i use 640*480*8, which is not using the card accell right? Anyways, i was messing around and kinda fudged things up, and now it doesn't work at all (not even term). I'll take a look into the Beta, where can i get it? card at the junk shop, can't remember the name now. That might be a lot easier than upgrading to the newest XFree. I got some info on their list that the next version is going to have more support for S3 cards. *Or* you could try installing the new MDK 9.2 beta, I think it has a more recent version of XFree...Tom would know more about that than me, but check it out on the MDK site. Is beta under download? -- HaywireMac The more laws and order are made prominent, the more thieves and robbers there will be. -- Lao Tsu Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Video Card incompatable?
OH! I forgot to mention, i had an instal;l of 8.1 and it worked fine. Must have changed some stuff that would cause this. - Original Message - From: Cody Harris [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, August 12, 2003 4:04 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] Video Card incompatable? - Original Message - From: Haywiremac [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, August 12, 2003 3:36 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] Video Card incompatable? On Tue, 12 Aug 2003 13:32:01 -0300 Cody Harris [EMAIL PROTECTED] uttered: Ok, i switched to XFree 4, and set resolution to 640*480*8 and did Startx and kde messed up, but startx gnome which DIDN'T start gnome, but started something else, and it worked. The problem seems to rise when i set it to anyother resolution, and KDE just doesn't seem to work. HOw do i start gnome? staertx gnome doesn't do it. exec gnome-session Hm...doesn't work...just goes to login on the term i tried it in. like I said above, the current version of XFree with MDK does not support S3 cards very well, see their site for more info. -- HaywireMac The more laws and order are made prominent, the more thieves and robbers there will be. -- Lao Tsu -- -- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Video Card incompatable?
- Original Message - From: Haywiremac [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, August 12, 2003 9:47 AM Subject: Re: [newbie] Video Card incompatable? On Tue, 12 Aug 2003 09:19:29 -0300 Cody Harris [EMAIL PROTECTED] uttered: I attached the file Here's your prob right here: Section Device Identifier S3 Trio64V2 (generic) VendorName Unknown BoardName Unknown Driver vga #VideoRam1024 # Clock lines whereas your card is obviously a much more recent mfgr: S3 Graphics ProSavageDDR I would go into MCC and try to see if it will recognize that card or if it is even listed. S3 is a very problematic card, from personal exp. In MCC, go hardware-XFDrake. oh wait, you can't get into X, stupido meo, okay, you should be able to run XFDrake from the command line, IIRC. bash: XFFrake: command not found give that a shot and report back! -- HaywireMac The more laws and order are made prominent, the more thieves and robbers there will be. -- Lao Tsu Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Video Card incompatable?
On Tue, 12 Aug 2003 09:29:42 -0300 Cody Harris [EMAIL PROTECTED] uttered: Oops, disregard that. THIS is the correct file: same prob, same steps. -- HaywireMac The more laws and order are made prominent, the more thieves and robbers there will be. -- Lao Tsu Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Video Card incompatable?
On Mon, 11 Aug 2003 13:08:42 -0300 Cody Harris [EMAIL PROTECTED] uttered: Video driver: DESCRIPTION: S3 Graphics ProSavageDDR MANUFACTURER: S3 Compatible Display Adapter BIOS: 60.00.06 DATE: 09/20/02 I went to the site and downloaded the newest drivers, but no luck. Any idea's suggestions? How is it shown in /etc/X11/XF86Config-4? -- HaywireMac The more laws and order are made prominent, the more thieves and robbers there will be. -- Lao Tsu Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Video Card incompatable?
- Original Message - From: Haywiremac [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, August 12, 2003 3:36 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] Video Card incompatable? On Tue, 12 Aug 2003 13:32:01 -0300 Cody Harris [EMAIL PROTECTED] uttered: Ok, i switched to XFree 4, and set resolution to 640*480*8 and did Startx and kde messed up, but startx gnome which DIDN'T start gnome, but started something else, and it worked. The problem seems to rise when i set it to anyother resolution, and KDE just doesn't seem to work. HOw do i start gnome? staertx gnome doesn't do it. exec gnome-session like I said above, the current version of XFree with MDK does not support S3 cards very well, see their site for more info. At least it works if i stay out of anything higher then 8 bit (800x600 works). KDE just doesn't work at all. Gnome works. IceWM or whatever works, just KDE doesn't. Weird eh? -- HaywireMac The more laws and order are made prominent, the more thieves and robbers there will be. -- Lao Tsu Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Video Card incompatable?
- Original Message - From: ed tharp [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: newbie [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, August 12, 2003 8:46 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] Video Card incompatable? On Tue, 2003-08-12 at 19:12, ed tharp wrote: On Tue, 2003-08-12 at 18:17, Cody Harris wrote: - Original Message - From: ed tharp [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: newbie [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, August 12, 2003 5:58 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] Video Card incompatable? On Tue, 2003-08-12 at 09:50, Haywiremac wrote: On Tue, 12 Aug 2003 10:02:37 -0300 Cody Harris [EMAIL PROTECTED] uttered: I ran mcc from console and went to display configuration, but my card isn't listed there. I wants Trio64 (so it defaults to), but that doesn't work. your best bet may be to upgrade to the latest XFree, but I've never been through that process. Check xfree.org for more details, to see if they may now support your card. Try frame buffer (svga) until you get X running X runs, but only in 8 bit. And where's this frame buffer thang? you are probibly using it, as that is the default driver that gets you 8 bit, and if you have a color lilo splash screen, you are using frame buffer then. If you have 8 bit color at least. I just realized, is this shared video mem? are you correctly passing the amount of available system ram to the Kernel at boot? (lilo append should have a mem=xxxM where xxx equals amount of system memory installed minus amount of shared video mem?) and what does (as root, in a text console, without the quotes lspci 00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corp 440BX/ZX/DZ - 8244BX/ZX/DX Host brider (AGP disabled) (rev 03) 00:07.0 ISA bridge: Inel Corp. 82371AB/EB/MB// PIIX4 ISA (rev 01) 0:07.1 EID interface: Intel Corp. 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 IDE (rev 01) 00:07.3 Bride: Intel Corp. 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 ACPI 00:08.0 VGA compatable controller: S3 Inc. 86c764/765 [Trio32/64/64V+] 00:0a:0 Ethernet Controller: Digital Equipment Corporation DEC chip 21140 [FasterNet] (rev 20) Coppied that by hand... and cat /proc/pci say? PCI devices found: Bus 0, device 0, function 0: Host bridge: Intel Corp. 440BX/ZX/DX - 82443BX/ZX/DX Host bridge (AGP disabled) (rev 3). Bus 0, device 7, function 0: ISA bridge: Intel Corp. 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 ISA (rev 1). Bus 0, device 7, function 1: IDE interface: Intel Corp. 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 IDE (rev 1). I/O at 0xffa0 [0xffaf]. Bus 0, device 7, function 3: Bridge: Intel Corp. 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 ACPI (rev 0). IRQ 9. Bus 0, device 8, function 0: VGA compatible controller: S3 Inc. 86c764/765 [Trio32/64/64V+] (rev 0). Non-prefetchable 32 bit memory at 0xf800 [0xfbff]. Bus 0, device 10, function 0: Ethernet controller: Digital Equipment Corporation DECchip 21140 [FasterNet] (rev 32). IRQ 11. Master Capable. Latency=64. I/O at 0xec00 [0xec7f]. Non-prefetchable 32 bit memory at 0xfebff000 [0xfebf]. __ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Video Card incompatable?
On Tue, 12 Aug 2003 13:10:07 -0300 Cody Harris [EMAIL PROTECTED] uttered: I have to use Xfree version 3 because 4 makes a lot of verticle bars and the colour gets messed up ya, that's what I got too with my old Trio64V2. I picked up an old PCI card at the junk shop, can't remember the name now. That might be a lot easier than upgrading to the newest XFree. I got some info on their list that the next version is going to have more support for S3 cards. *Or* you could try installing the new MDK 9.2 beta, I think it has a more recent version of XFree...Tom would know more about that than me, but check it out on the MDK site. -- HaywireMac The more laws and order are made prominent, the more thieves and robbers there will be. -- Lao Tsu Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Video Card incompatable?
I recently downloaded Mandrake 9.1 and was testing it. In installed it and everything worked fine from the install, SVGA, the whole bit. I restarted the computer, and when it got to starting x, that's where it had problems. The normal grey texture came up, ok, and that funny blue background ok, but as soon as it started to display the login box it just appears and before i can really even see it, it goes away and the screen flickers and goes black, and tried to load it again. It does that a few times then goes to console, not giving any errors. I log in and type startx. It loads, and the screen starts with a red baclground, and the KDE taskbar comes up for a couple seconds, then goes away. The scrren at that point stays red. I ran some tests on my video card when i was using windows and it told me: Video driver: DESCRIPTION: S3 Graphics ProSavageDDR MANUFACTURER: S3 Compatible Display Adapter BIOS: 60.00.06 DATE: 09/20/02 I went to the site and downloaded the newest drivers, but no luck. Any idea's suggestions? -Cody Harris Linux Rox My Sox! Check out HCHS! http://vectec.net Proud to use Mandrake Linux 8.1 as a server. Not proud to use Windows as a primary server. Registered Linux user #315598 Registered Linux Computer #200951 Wrote on a Windoze Computer :( Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Video Card incompatable?
On Tue, 2003-08-12 at 18:17, Cody Harris wrote: - Original Message - From: ed tharp [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: newbie [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, August 12, 2003 5:58 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] Video Card incompatable? On Tue, 2003-08-12 at 09:50, Haywiremac wrote: On Tue, 12 Aug 2003 10:02:37 -0300 Cody Harris [EMAIL PROTECTED] uttered: I ran mcc from console and went to display configuration, but my card isn't listed there. I wants Trio64 (so it defaults to), but that doesn't work. your best bet may be to upgrade to the latest XFree, but I've never been through that process. Check xfree.org for more details, to see if they may now support your card. Try frame buffer (svga) until you get X running X runs, but only in 8 bit. And where's this frame buffer thang? you are probibly using it, as that is the default driver that gets you 8 bit, and if you have a color lilo splash screen, you are using frame buffer then. If you have 8 bit color at least. I just realized, is this shared video mem? are you correctly passing the amount of available system ram to the Kernel at boot? (lilo append should have a mem=xxxM where xxx equals amount of system memory installed minus amount of shared video mem?) Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Video Card incompatable?
On Tue, 2003-08-12 at 16:29, Haywiremac wrote: On Tue, 12 Aug 2003 16:04:52 -0300 Cody Harris [EMAIL PROTECTED] uttered: Hm...doesn't work...just goes to login on the term i tried it in. then login first? Ok, try this, create a file in your home dir called .xinitrc, then edit that file so it has that line, ie. exec gnome-session. Then startx. Sorry, not a big Gnome user :P Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Video Card incompatable?
I attached the file - Original Message - From: Haywiremac [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, August 12, 2003 6:56 AM Subject: Re: [newbie] Video Card incompatable? On Mon, 11 Aug 2003 13:08:42 -0300 Cody Harris [EMAIL PROTECTED] uttered: Video driver: DESCRIPTION: S3 Graphics ProSavageDDR MANUFACTURER: S3 Compatible Display Adapter BIOS: 60.00.06 DATE: 09/20/02 I went to the site and downloaded the newest drivers, but no luck. Any idea's suggestions? How is it shown in /etc/X11/XF86Config-4? -- HaywireMac The more laws and order are made prominent, the more thieves and robbers there will be. -- Lao Tsu Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com XF86Config-4 Description: Binary data Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Video Card incompatable?
I have to use Xfree version 3 because 4 makes a lot of verticle bars and the colour gets messed up - Original Message - From: Haywiremac [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, August 12, 2003 10:50 AM Subject: Re: [newbie] Video Card incompatable? On Tue, 12 Aug 2003 10:02:37 -0300 Cody Harris [EMAIL PROTECTED] uttered: I ran mcc from console and went to display configuration, but my card isn't listed there. I wants Trio64 (so it defaults to), but that doesn't work. your best bet may be to upgrade to the latest XFree, but I've never been through that process. Check xfree.org for more details, to see if they may now support your card. -- HaywireMac The more laws and order are made prominent, the more thieves and robbers there will be. -- Lao Tsu Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Video Card incompatable?
On Tue, 2003-08-12 at 09:50, Haywiremac wrote: On Tue, 12 Aug 2003 10:02:37 -0300 Cody Harris [EMAIL PROTECTED] uttered: I ran mcc from console and went to display configuration, but my card isn't listed there. I wants Trio64 (so it defaults to), but that doesn't work. your best bet may be to upgrade to the latest XFree, but I've never been through that process. Check xfree.org for more details, to see if they may now support your card. Try frame buffer (svga) until you get X running Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Video Card incompatable?
- Original Message - From: ed tharp [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: newbie [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, August 13, 2003 7:20 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] Video Card incompatable? On Wed, 2003-08-13 at 15:12, Cody Harris wrote: - Original Message - From: ed tharp [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: newbie [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, August 12, 2003 8:46 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] Video Card incompatable? On Tue, 2003-08-12 at 19:12, ed tharp wrote: On Tue, 2003-08-12 at 18:17, Cody Harris wrote: - Original Message - From: ed tharp [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: newbie [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, August 12, 2003 5:58 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] Video Card incompatable? On Tue, 2003-08-12 at 09:50, Haywiremac wrote: On Tue, 12 Aug 2003 10:02:37 -0300 Cody Harris [EMAIL PROTECTED] uttered: I ran mcc from console and went to display configuration, but my card isn't listed there. I wants Trio64 (so it defaults to), but that doesn't work. your best bet may be to upgrade to the latest XFree, but I've never been through that process. Check xfree.org for more details, to see if they may now support your card. Try frame buffer (svga) until you get X running X runs, but only in 8 bit. And where's this frame buffer thang? you are probibly using it, as that is the default driver that gets you 8 bit, and if you have a color lilo splash screen, you are using frame buffer then. If you have 8 bit color at least. I just realized, is this shared video mem? are you correctly passing the amount of available system ram to the Kernel at boot? (lilo append should have a mem=xxxM where xxx equals amount of system memory installed minus amount of shared video mem?) and what does (as root, in a text console, without the quotes lspci 00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corp 440BX/ZX/DZ - 8244BX/ZX/DX Host brider (AGP disabled) (rev 03) 00:07.0 ISA bridge: Inel Corp. 82371AB/EB/MB// PIIX4 ISA (rev 01) 0:07.1 EID interface: Intel Corp. 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 IDE (rev 01) 00:07.3 Bride: Intel Corp. 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 ACPI 00:08.0 VGA compatable controller: S3 Inc. 86c764/765 [Trio32/64/64V+] 00:0a:0 Ethernet Controller: Digital Equipment Corporation DEC chip 21140 [FasterNet] (rev 20) Coppied that by hand... and cat /proc/pci say? PCI devices found: Bus 0, device 0, function 0: Host bridge: Intel Corp. 440BX/ZX/DX - 82443BX/ZX/DX Host bridge (AGP disabled) (rev 3). Bus 0, device 7, function 0: ISA bridge: Intel Corp. 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 ISA (rev 1). Bus 0, device 7, function 1: IDE interface: Intel Corp. 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 IDE (rev 1). I/O at 0xffa0 [0xffaf]. Bus 0, device 7, function 3: Bridge: Intel Corp. 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 ACPI (rev 0). IRQ 9. Bus 0, device 8, function 0: VGA compatible controller: S3 Inc. 86c764/765 [Trio32/64/64V+] (rev 0). Non-prefetchable 32 bit memory at 0xf800 [0xfbff]. Bus 0, device 10, function 0: Ethernet controller: Digital Equipment Corporation DECchip 21140 [FasterNet] (rev 32). IRQ 11. Master Capable. Latency=64. I/O at 0xec00 [0xec7f]. Non-prefetchable 32 bit memory at 0xfebff000 [0xfebf]. __ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Ok now we know you have an S3 86c764/765 [Trio32/64/64V+ And that is a chipset I see in XFdrake under S3. try that one yet? I'm currently using Trio 64, but i can't get higher then 8 bit. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Video Card incompatable?
On Wed, 2003-08-13 at 15:12, Cody Harris wrote: - Original Message - From: ed tharp [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: newbie [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, August 12, 2003 8:46 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] Video Card incompatable? On Tue, 2003-08-12 at 19:12, ed tharp wrote: On Tue, 2003-08-12 at 18:17, Cody Harris wrote: - Original Message - From: ed tharp [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: newbie [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, August 12, 2003 5:58 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] Video Card incompatable? On Tue, 2003-08-12 at 09:50, Haywiremac wrote: On Tue, 12 Aug 2003 10:02:37 -0300 Cody Harris [EMAIL PROTECTED] uttered: I ran mcc from console and went to display configuration, but my card isn't listed there. I wants Trio64 (so it defaults to), but that doesn't work. your best bet may be to upgrade to the latest XFree, but I've never been through that process. Check xfree.org for more details, to see if they may now support your card. Try frame buffer (svga) until you get X running X runs, but only in 8 bit. And where's this frame buffer thang? you are probibly using it, as that is the default driver that gets you 8 bit, and if you have a color lilo splash screen, you are using frame buffer then. If you have 8 bit color at least. I just realized, is this shared video mem? are you correctly passing the amount of available system ram to the Kernel at boot? (lilo append should have a mem=xxxM where xxx equals amount of system memory installed minus amount of shared video mem?) and what does (as root, in a text console, without the quotes lspci 00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corp 440BX/ZX/DZ - 8244BX/ZX/DX Host brider (AGP disabled) (rev 03) 00:07.0 ISA bridge: Inel Corp. 82371AB/EB/MB// PIIX4 ISA (rev 01) 0:07.1 EID interface: Intel Corp. 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 IDE (rev 01) 00:07.3 Bride: Intel Corp. 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 ACPI 00:08.0 VGA compatable controller: S3 Inc. 86c764/765 [Trio32/64/64V+] 00:0a:0 Ethernet Controller: Digital Equipment Corporation DEC chip 21140 [FasterNet] (rev 20) Coppied that by hand... and cat /proc/pci say? PCI devices found: Bus 0, device 0, function 0: Host bridge: Intel Corp. 440BX/ZX/DX - 82443BX/ZX/DX Host bridge (AGP disabled) (rev 3). Bus 0, device 7, function 0: ISA bridge: Intel Corp. 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 ISA (rev 1). Bus 0, device 7, function 1: IDE interface: Intel Corp. 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 IDE (rev 1). I/O at 0xffa0 [0xffaf]. Bus 0, device 7, function 3: Bridge: Intel Corp. 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 ACPI (rev 0). IRQ 9. Bus 0, device 8, function 0: VGA compatible controller: S3 Inc. 86c764/765 [Trio32/64/64V+] (rev 0). Non-prefetchable 32 bit memory at 0xf800 [0xfbff]. Bus 0, device 10, function 0: Ethernet controller: Digital Equipment Corporation DECchip 21140 [FasterNet] (rev 32). IRQ 11. Master Capable. Latency=64. I/O at 0xec00 [0xec7f]. Non-prefetchable 32 bit memory at 0xfebff000 [0xfebf]. __ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Ok now we know you have an S3 86c764/765 [Trio32/64/64V+ And that is a chipset I see in XFdrake under S3. try that one yet? Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Video Card incompatable?
On Wed, 13 Aug 2003 04:48, Cody Harris wrote: - Original Message - From: Haywiremac [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, August 12, 2003 3:34 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] Video Card incompatable? On Tue, 12 Aug 2003 13:10:07 -0300 Cody Harris [EMAIL PROTECTED] uttered: I have to use Xfree version 3 because 4 makes a lot of verticle bars and the colour gets messed up ya, that's what I got too with my old Trio64V2. I picked up an old PCI It seems to work OK if i use 640*480*8, which is not using the card accell right? Anyways, i was messing around and kinda fudged things up, and now it doesn't work at all (not even term). I'll take a look into the Beta, where can i get it? card at the junk shop, can't remember the name now. That might be a lot easier than upgrading to the newest XFree. I got some info on their list that the next version is going to have more support for S3 cards. *Or* you could try installing the new MDK 9.2 beta, I think it has a more recent version of XFree...Tom would know more about that than me, but check it out on the MDK site. I just joined the list am late in this thread so I may be off beam but I think there is a problem for S3 Trio with some of the XFree versions. I believe v4.0 and 4.2 are ok, but 4.1 and 4.3 are broken. There are binary drivers available on the S3 site - google get it. HTH Bob Parker Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Video Card incompatable?
On Tue, 12 Aug 2003 13:32:01 -0300 Cody Harris [EMAIL PROTECTED] uttered: Ok, i switched to XFree 4, and set resolution to 640*480*8 and did Startx and kde messed up, but startx gnome which DIDN'T start gnome, but started something else, and it worked. The problem seems to rise when i set it to anyother resolution, and KDE just doesn't seem to work. HOw do i start gnome? staertx gnome doesn't do it. exec gnome-session like I said above, the current version of XFree with MDK does not support S3 cards very well, see their site for more info. -- HaywireMac The more laws and order are made prominent, the more thieves and robbers there will be. -- Lao Tsu Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Video Card incompatable?
On Tue, 12 Aug 2003 16:04:52 -0300 Cody Harris [EMAIL PROTECTED] uttered: Hm...doesn't work...just goes to login on the term i tried it in. Ok, try this, create a file in your home dir called .xinitrc, then edit that file so it has that line, ie. exec gnome-session. Then startx. Sorry, not a big Gnome user :P -- HaywireMac The more laws and order are made prominent, the more thieves and robbers there will be. -- Lao Tsu Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Video Card incompatable?
On Tue, 2003-08-12 at 19:12, ed tharp wrote: On Tue, 2003-08-12 at 18:17, Cody Harris wrote: - Original Message - From: ed tharp [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: newbie [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, August 12, 2003 5:58 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] Video Card incompatable? On Tue, 2003-08-12 at 09:50, Haywiremac wrote: On Tue, 12 Aug 2003 10:02:37 -0300 Cody Harris [EMAIL PROTECTED] uttered: I ran mcc from console and went to display configuration, but my card isn't listed there. I wants Trio64 (so it defaults to), but that doesn't work. your best bet may be to upgrade to the latest XFree, but I've never been through that process. Check xfree.org for more details, to see if they may now support your card. Try frame buffer (svga) until you get X running X runs, but only in 8 bit. And where's this frame buffer thang? you are probibly using it, as that is the default driver that gets you 8 bit, and if you have a color lilo splash screen, you are using frame buffer then. If you have 8 bit color at least. I just realized, is this shared video mem? are you correctly passing the amount of available system ram to the Kernel at boot? (lilo append should have a mem=xxxM where xxx equals amount of system memory installed minus amount of shared video mem?) and have you been to http://www.probo.com/timr/savage40.html? Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Video Card incompatable?
- Original Message - From: ed tharp [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: newbie [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, August 12, 2003 5:57 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] Video Card incompatable? On Tue, 2003-08-12 at 16:29, Haywiremac wrote: On Tue, 12 Aug 2003 16:04:52 -0300 Cody Harris [EMAIL PROTECTED] uttered: Hm...doesn't work...just goes to login on the term i tried it in. then login first? I was logged in. But i changed display managers from the mandrake one to Gnome, and that works and i can choose KDE from there. Ok, try this, create a file in your home dir called .xinitrc, then edit that file so it has that line, ie. exec gnome-session. Then startx. Sorry, not a big Gnome user :P Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Video Card incompatable?
- Original Message - From: Haywiremac [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, August 12, 2003 3:36 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] Video Card incompatable? On Tue, 12 Aug 2003 13:32:01 -0300 Cody Harris [EMAIL PROTECTED] uttered: Ok, i switched to XFree 4, and set resolution to 640*480*8 and did Startx and kde messed up, but startx gnome which DIDN'T start gnome, but started something else, and it worked. The problem seems to rise when i set it to anyother resolution, and KDE just doesn't seem to work. HOw do i start gnome? staertx gnome doesn't do it. exec gnome-session Hm...doesn't work...just goes to login on the term i tried it in. like I said above, the current version of XFree with MDK does not support S3 cards very well, see their site for more info. -- HaywireMac The more laws and order are made prominent, the more thieves and robbers there will be. -- Lao Tsu Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Video Card incompatable?
I ran mcc from console and went to display configuration, but my card isn't listed there. I wants Trio64 (so it defaults to), but that doesn't work. - Original Message - From: Cody Harris [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, August 12, 2003 9:53 AM Subject: Re: [newbie] Video Card incompatable? - Original Message - From: Haywiremac [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, August 12, 2003 9:47 AM Subject: Re: [newbie] Video Card incompatable? On Tue, 12 Aug 2003 09:19:29 -0300 Cody Harris [EMAIL PROTECTED] uttered: I attached the file Here's your prob right here: Section Device Identifier S3 Trio64V2 (generic) VendorName Unknown BoardName Unknown Driver vga #VideoRam1024 # Clock lines whereas your card is obviously a much more recent mfgr: S3 Graphics ProSavageDDR I would go into MCC and try to see if it will recognize that card or if it is even listed. S3 is a very problematic card, from personal exp. In MCC, go hardware-XFDrake. oh wait, you can't get into X, stupido meo, okay, you should be able to run XFDrake from the command line, IIRC. bash: XFFrake: command not found give that a shot and report back! -- HaywireMac The more laws and order are made prominent, the more thieves and robbers there will be. -- Lao Tsu -- -- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
