Date: Wed, 23 Jan 2002 15:57:31 -0500 From: leegold <leegold@operamail.com> To: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Subject: RE: vesa bus x driver ? Message-ID: <3C517046@operamail.com>
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Mine is an onboard chip in an IBM 486 value point pc. w/1 meg video ram. But, I got X up and running. I used "generic VGA" for the card/chip and VGA - the barest bones config. for the monitor, and I think "16" for the color depth (one up from the lowest) and you know - I got a simple but nifty x-windows. I think they key was to select generic VGA for the card. I'm not getting all the perfomance I can get out of the chip but Hey, I'm not using this thing for CAD to design suspension bridges. Not flashy but seems OK. Thanks, Lee G >===== Original Message From jmdupx@yahoo.com ===== >believe it or not, I was trying to set up a near identical card on a >machine last month, and i think you might be in for a rough time >with it > >first, you need to run XFconfig anyhow, to calibrate refresh rates >and so on, and you can ignore that the card is vesa or any other >kind of connector, since it is just the chipset that matters, which >means just picking the right Xserver - the one I tried to load and >configure for it in XFconfig was s3vga or similar, which is the >recommended one for this chip > >i have to warn you not to hold out much hope though, as despite >much effort when i tried to set up mine the card would have none of >it > >my card was also vesa, s3-805 chipset with 2mb on-board >RAM, and it worked just fine as a 16 colour card in Dos or >Windoze or (Suse) Linux which I tried it with to begin with, but no >matter how much I played around with jumpers on the card (which >I knew were right anyhow from an old manual), or with vesa TSR's >which I found on some websites or other stuff to help get the card >running I never once got xfconfig86 to load a server on it > >I became convinced the problem was due to some of the refresh >rate control circuitry, based on the fact that I also have some >DOS apps for setting up specific graphics modes, and this >software works great with just about every other card I've ever >setup (believe me, quite a few), and on the S3-805 it would lock >up instantly, no matter what display mode I was trying to configure - > exactly the same behavior as in XFconfig, which would not accept > a single display mode to test or adjust - it just locked the whole PC > >I know the card was working at a basic level, i had all the possible >information I could want about chipset, ramdac, clock chips etc >and all the memory (detachable chips) was tested ok on another >card too, so in the end I just figured it was something in the design >of the card itself > >i finally fitted a trident 9440 in the machine instead > >let me know if you could use the jumper layouts if you dont know >yours and think it could help > > >Jean-Mark >jmdupx_@_yahoo.com > > > > >On 22 Jan 2002, at 19:31, leegold wrote: > >> How the heck do I use a "vesa bus driver" for x-windows. >> I have an old 486 w/an s3 805 video chip and it's >> become a challange now to get it to run X. >> I have tried everything I know and #startX always >> fatally freezes my pc - no keyboard, no video, >> I have to manually reboot. >> >> It has been suggested I try the vesa driver. >> I can't find any documentation anywhere on how to >> implement this. Does anyone know what has to be done? >> >> Thanks. >> >> >> To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org >> with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message > > > > >_________________________________________________________ > >Do You Yahoo!? > >Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message
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