On Sun, 14 Dec 2003 17:25, Adelle L. Hartley wrote:
> > For S3Trio chipsets
> > apt-get install xserver-s3
>
> I have done the above, and modified the "Device" section
> of my /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 file to read
>
> Section "Device"
> Identifier "Generic Video Card"
> Driver "s3"
>
Woohoo! It works.
I edited the the configuration file to use the "vesa" driver.
Don't really care right now if there is a better driver
available for the s3 card.
Haven't got the sound working yet, but that's a subject for
another day.
Thankyou!
>
> For S3Trio chipsets
> apt-get install xserve
> For S3Trio chipsets
> apt-get install xserver-s3
I have done the above, and modified the "Device" section
of my /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 file to read
Section "Device"
Identifier "Generic Video Card"
Driver "s3"
BusID "PCI:00:08:0"
VideoRam8192
EndSection
The ou
Adelle L. Hartley wrote:
I am too much of a newbie
at this to have even figured out how to go back to the bash prompt.
(I'll have to figure that out before I attempt to change anything
else).
Ctrl-Alt-F2 should get you to the second virtual terminal (VT) console.
At that point, you can kill your X
On Wed, 10 Dec 2003 06:25, Michael Martinell wrote:
> It appears that xfree86 does not support the base S3 card after 3.3.6. It
> only supports the savage series.
>
> Is there a recommended downgrade path that works?
>
> Or in other words, what would the apt-get command for this be?
For S3Trio ch
OK, I now seem to be making some progress, although not quite
enough.
Following advice received on this list, I have used "lspci" to
get the bus id of the video card, and then by running
"dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xfree86" a few times, I have managed
to get x-windows to start in 300x200 mode, using
Derrick 'dman' Hudson wrote:
On Tue, Dec 09, 2003 at 01:05:01PM -0600, Michael Martinell wrote:
| I have tried the vga driver with no success.
|
| How do you get the busID? I have tried searching google but have came up
| empty.
lspci.
For example, a machine here at work needed me to specify t
On Tue, Dec 09, 2003 at 01:05:01PM -0600, Michael Martinell wrote:
| I have tried the vga driver with no success.
|
| How do you get the busID? I have tried searching google but have came up
| empty.
lspci.
For example, a machine here at work needed me to specify the busID.
lspci on that machin
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I have tried the vga driver with no success.
How do you get the busID? I have tried searching google but have came up
empty.
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I have tried the vga driver with no success.
How do you get the busID? I have tried searching google but have came up
empty.
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On Tue, Dec 09, 2003 at 11:53:29AM -0600, Michael Martinell wrote:
| It lists it as a VGA Compatible controller S3 Inc 86c764/765 [Trio32/64/64+]
Try the 'vga' driver. It might not be as good as the s3 driver on
real hardware, but it should at least be operational and give you
something to start
: Tuesday, December 09, 2003 11:49 AM
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Subject: Re: Virtual PC 5.2
Michael Martinell wrote:
>
>
> I have tried every card (I think) listed and I have not had any luck
> with virtual pc.
>
>
>
> If anybody out there knows what it takes to configure the s
Michael Martinell wrote:
I have tried every card (I think) listed and I have not had any luck
with virtual pc.
If anybody out there knows what it takes to configure the startx for the
virtual pc environment I would be interested. I know that it works, as
I had it running with Knoppix at
I have tried every card (I think) listed and I have not had
any luck with virtual pc.
If anybody out there knows what it takes to configure the startx
for the virtual pc environment I would be interested. I know that it works, as
I had it running with Knoppix at one time. Unfortuna
Adelle L. Hartley wrote:
I am trying to install Debian on Virtual PC 5.2 (on a wintel box)
The first part of the install works fine, but I am having trouble
getting X-Windows to work. I have edited the XF86Config file
to use the s3 driver, but I think I have made a mistake somewhere.
The output
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