Date: Wed, 13 Jan 1999 20:04:55 +1000 From: Greg Black <gjb@acm.org> To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: X setup for Video-71 AGP card (S3 Trio 3D) Message-ID: <19990113100456.28713.qmail@alice.gba.oz.au>
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I am in need of guidance from somebody who has successfully got XFree86-3.3.3 (as distributed with 2.2.8-Release) to work with a Video-71 AGP card with a S3 Trio 3D chipset. XF86_VGA16 -probeonly reports: VGA16: PCI: S3 Unknown chipset (0x8904) rev 1, Memory @ 0xe0000000 VGA16: chipset: generic VGA16: videoram: 4096k (using 4096k) VGA16: clocks: 25.18 28.32 25.18 25.18 VGA16: Maximum allowed dot-clock: 90.000 MHz I don't know anything about these clocks, but the max allowed of 90 seems at odds with the two actual values reported in the 20's. The M$ Word pseudo-documentation on the CD that came with the card states that it has an "Integrated 230 MHz RAMDAC and programmable dual-clock synthesizer", whatever that measn. It also lists dozens of VESA video modes with clocks going way up past the 90 MHz given by the X probe. Can I just use some of those values to dream up something that fits with specs for my monitor (also unlisted anywhere -- a Sony CPD-100ES), or do I need to wait until somebody comes up with a driver that recognizes this chip? Or do I have to persuade my vendor to swap the video cards in these five boxes for something else? (That's the *least* preferred solution, since I suspect that my vendor's pleasant smile will fade if I try that.) Any useful hints would be most appreciated. -- Greg Black <gjb@acm.org> To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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