Date: Fri, 17 Apr 1998 18:45:14 -0500 From: Glenn Johnson <gjohnson@nola.srrc.usda.gov> To: Dennis Tenn <dstenn@fanfic.org> Cc: freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: S3 ViRGE/DX w/ 4Mb RAM, XFree86 3.3.2 and xdm Message-ID: <199804172345.SAA05374@symbion.srrc.usda.gov> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Fri, 17 Apr 1998 19:11:56 EDT." <Pine.BSF.3.96.980417190613.2575A-100000@fanfic.org>
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> > Hi everyone. > > I've been experiencing a problem with the above combination on my computer > and would like to know if I'm the only one and if there is a solution. > > I have a P166 w/ 128Mb RAM and the above hardware. When I start up my > computer in xdm the initial screen comes up perfectly. I login and if I > exit my X-window session I get a screen full of virtical red lines and my > console locks up. This also happened to a friend who is running XFree86 > 3.3.2 with the same card using Linux while I'm using it with FreeBSD > 3.0-current. We both are using the XF86_S3V accellerated driver. We both > would like to use xdm but this problem doesn't let us. Is this a problem > with the driver or the hardware, ie. the S3 ViRGE/DX video card? It's the driver. Use the XF86_SVGA driver instead. -- Glenn Johnson Technician USDA-ARS-SRRC Phone: (504) 286-4252 1100 Robert E. Lee Boulevard FAX: (504) 286-4217 New Orleans, LA 70124 e-mail: gjohnson@nola.srrc.usda.gov To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message
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