Re: [Xpert]XF86 4.1.0 freezes Laptop using S3/Virge MX+MV

2001-12-05 Thread Kevin Brosius
No, no problem removing it. vbe and ddc are used in communicating with newer monitors to determine what modes they support. They can be used to help us auto configure your system, but are not required to run. Especially if you already have a working XF86Config file. IIRC, the lockup you mention

Re: [Xpert]XF86 4.1.0 freezes Laptop using S3/Virge MX+MV

2001-12-05 Thread Marcello M.Pavan
Kevin I tried your next-to-latest driver (the lastest one 4.1.99 was not compatible with my 4.1.0 server, or so it claimed) and it STILL did not work. Running XFree86 -probeonlylocked up the computer as before, yielding no output at all in /var/log/XFree86.0.log. However, following a

Re: [Xpert]XF86 4.1.0 freezes Laptop using S3/Virge MX+MV

2001-12-04 Thread Kevin Brosius
"Marcello M.Pavan" wrote: > > > hi there > > I have a (generic model) 333 MHz K6 laptop with a 1024x768 XGA screen run by > a S3/Virge 86E280 chip (presumably an MX+MV) with 4MB sgram.The laptop > runs Mandrake (currently 8.1). I've been trying to get v4.x.x to work > since it came out

[Xpert]XF86 4.1.0 freezes Laptop using S3/Virge MX+MV

2001-12-04 Thread Marcello M.Pavan
hi there I have a (generic model) 333 MHz K6 laptop with a 1024x768 XGA screen run by a S3/Virge 86E280 chip (presumably an MX+MV) with 4MB sgram.The laptop runs Mandrake (currently 8.1). I've been trying to get v4.x.x to work since it came out (since I really want XRender for freety