Date: Wed, 21 Nov 2001 13:35:32 -0700 From: "Don Sutter" <drs@suntreeaz.com> To: "Rick Hamell" <hamellr@heorot.1nova.com> Cc: "FreeBSD Questions" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: S3 ViRGE in high color mode Message-ID: <00e001c172cc$115eb9c0$13fea8c0@drs> References: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0111201711150.36580-100000@heorot.1nova.com>
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I wish this was true also but 1280 * 1024 is 1,310,720 bytes per color plane (1.25mB). 3 color planes (24 bits) is only 3,932,160 bytes total (3.75mB). Besides, as I explained in my original post, the display comes up and works but breaks up whenever I move my mouse. There also seems to be some sort of interval interrupt that breaks up the image and some permanent artifacts on the right side of the screen. This machine also dual boots Windows 98se which also runs at 1280 x 1024 x 24 without any problems (other than Windows issues ~smile) ----- Original Message ----- From: "Rick Hamell" <hamellr@heorot.1nova.com> To: "Don Sutter" <drs@suntreeaz.com> Cc: "Josh Paetzel" <friar_josh@webwarrior.net>; "FreeBSD Questions" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Sent: Tuesday, November 20, 2001 6:12 PM Subject: Re: S3 ViRGE in high color mode > > It's because 4 megs is not enough to do 1280x1024 AND more then 8 > bit... If you pull it down to 1024x768x16bit, it'll probally work. > > Rick > > > I wish I could report your suggestion worked but it doesn't. > > It doesn't seem to be resolution dependent, rather color > > depth dependent. I usually run my monitor at 1280 X 1024. > > 8 bit mode runs fine but nothing else. I suspect it's a > > driver issue... > > > > > > On Fri, Nov 16, 2001 at 10:57:07PM -0700, Don Sutter > > wrote: > > > > Has anyone figured out how to get a 4M S3 ViRGE PCI > > (86C325) > > > > to run at more than 256 colors at 1024 X 768 in KDE > > 2.2.1 / > > > > XFree86 4.1.0_10 without breaking up every time you move > > the > > > > mouse? I looked the man page at > > > > http://www.xfree86.org/4.1.0/s3virge.4.html over and > > there > > > > are quite a few combinations to try. Anybody had any > > luck > > > > yet or am I just too far out on the bleeding edge? > > > > > > heh, no. :) > > > > > > Try this in your XF86Config: > > > > > > Section "Screen" > > > Identifiers "Screen0" > > > Device "Card0" > > > Monitor "Monitor0" > > > DefaultDepth 16 > > > Subsection "Display" > > > Depth 16 > > > Modes "1024x768" > > > EndSubSection > > > EndSection > > > > > > Section "Device" > > > Identifier "Card0" > > > Driver "s3virge" > > > VendorName "cirrus" > > > BoardName "whatever" > > > BusID "PCI:0:15:0" #Your entry here might vary > > > ChipSet "86c325" > > > EndSection > > > > > > > > > See if that works. > > > Josh > > > > > > > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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