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Date:      Sat, 1 Apr 2000 14:06:11 -0500
From:      Walter Brameld <brameld@twave.net>
To:        Kristian Rink <kristian.rink@wirtschaft.tu-chemnitz.de>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Savage4 / Stealth III
Message-ID:  <00040114162400.08114@Bozo_3.BozoLand.domain>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.HPX.4.21.0003301252090.17454-100000@tantalus.hrz.tu-chemnitz.de>
References:  <Pine.HPX.4.21.0003301252090.17454-100000@tantalus.hrz.tu-chemnitz.de>

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On Thu, 30 Mar 2000, in a never-ending search for enlightenment, Kristian Rink wrote:
> Hi there...
> 
> Does anybody out there know how to get a Diamond Stealth III and / or the
> S3 Savage4 chipset to work with Xfree86 3.3.x / 4.0 on FreeBSD 3.4 ? I
> just spent another long night checking out different configurations /
> graphics servers, but the results aren't really what I think this thing is
> able to do... Anybody can help me? I surely hope so...
> 
> Thanks in advance,
> Kristian

In reference to XFree86 4.0, getting the proper setup was a three-step
process for me. This worked for both RIVA TNT2 and Voodoo 3000.

Using xf86config, I was unable to get the proper drivers selected for
my cards. I had to use the auto-detect function of XFree86. Here's what
I did.

1) Run XFree86 -configure. This should detect your card and select the
proper drivers. It produces the file ~/XF86Config.new.

2) Run xf86config. This is for getting your screen modes and related
info. It's output is /etc/X11/XF86Config.

3) Merge the two files selecting the appropriate entries from
`/XF86Config.new and putting them in /etc/X11/XF86Config.

This was the only way I was able to get things to work.

-- 
Walter Brameld

Microsoft: Where do you want to go today?
Linux:     Where do you want to go tomorrow?
BSD:       Are you guys coming, or what?
Walter:    And what does THIS button do??



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