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Date:      Sun, 16 Aug 1998 23:44:07 -0500
From:      Joe <jeroyce@athena.ualr.edu>
To:        "stable@FreeBSD.ORG" <stable@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: Xwin wont do SVGA
Message-ID:  <35D7B517.42628468@athena.ualr.edu>
References:  <Your message of "Fri, 14 Aug 1998 09:41:31 MST." <199808141641.JAA06248@austin.polstra.com> <3.0.5.32.19980816200116.008175a0@ieng9.ucsd.edu>

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Jeff W. wrote:

> First of all, I couldn't find my video card in the list, which I guess
> doesn't matter, but it's a diamond Fire GL 1000 Pro.  So, I installed the
> generic SVGA and the VGA16 driver.  The problem is that when I run
> XF86Setup, even if I tell X to use the SVGA server, and even if I mess with
> the different monitor types (I've tried all of them), X only runs in a
> really low resolution.  Hardly any of the windows that pop up fit on the
> screen.  So, my question is how do I get it to run in just a plain SVGA
> mode????  Do I have to install something else???
>  --Jeff W.
>

SuSE has their own xserver driver for the Fire GL 1000 Pro.  I don't know if
it works for FreeBSD, however. Their website is:

http://www.suse.de/XSuSE/XSuSE_E.html


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