> Hi, > > I have an S3 ViRGE GX (if I remember right) 'vedio' card manuf. by SIIG, > and I had a similar problem at times with it. My current configuration is > running XFree86 3.3.3.1 from netgod, using the S3V X server. I'm also > using kernel 2.2.10 with the SVGA framebuffer for text console, because > svgatextmode likes to hard lock my system. Mine seems to work fine with or > without framebuffer enabled. > > Hope this sheds some light for you.
Just curious, is your S3 ViRGE GX a VESA 2.0 compliant? I don't know. I've been using S3 ViRGE/VX for a while but I couldn't get frame buffer console to work because this card is only VESA 1.2 compliant. I used to use XF86_SVGA from potato, which is now 3.4 with no problem. Not until last week when I stat to patch kernel 2.2.12 with S3/Vesa1.2 frame buffer patch. I got frame buffer running on ViRGE/VX. But I have to swith to XF86_S3V instead. XF86_SVGA just behaves strangely when I switch console, there are some error in accelerate code with pathced framebuffer. Chanop -- ,-----------------------------------------------------------------------------. | Chanop Silpa-Anan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | | Australian National University | | visit my web site (not yet finished) | | http://hilbert.anu.edu.au/~chanop/ | | FreeBSD PGP available upon request | `-----------------------------------------------------------------------------'
