Re: XF86 for S3 Trio 64 164SX

[Kelledin <kelledin+AXP skarpsey dyndns org>]

On Thursday 10 July 2003 04:45 am, Chupakhin Alexey wrote:
> Hello!
> I'm using 3.3.6 XF86 server on my 164SX with S3 Trio64 card
> (It comes from RedHat 7.2)
> I wish to upgrade Xserver to 4.x.
> Do you know working version for this hardware?
> I tried 4.0.2, 4.1.x, 4.2.0 - nothing. It shows only corrupted
> screens.

XFree86 4.x doesn't support all the S3 cards that 3.3.6 supports 
(not yet, anyways).  There's a lot of S3 cards with oddball 
RAMDACs that XFree86 4.x hasn't yet been equipped to handle; I'm 
betting yours is one of them.

FWIW, I'm in the same tight spot.

> May be, anybody can tell me what version of XFree86 is usable
> or send me correct XF86config file for same hardware
> (may be I have bad hands :-)

Probably a good idea to stick with 3.3.6 or get a different card.  
I would recommend a Radeon 7200/7500 PCI.  I'd get one myself 
but can't afford it at the moment...

-- 
Kelledin
"If a server crashes in a server farm and no one pings it, does 
it still cost four figures to fix?"