Date: Tue, 20 Nov 2001 17:12:08 -0800 (PST) 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> Subject: Re: S3 ViRGE in high color mode Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0111201711150.36580-100000@heorot.1nova.com> In-Reply-To: <00bf01c1721f$70034660$13fea8c0@drs>
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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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