Well, gave up on that, compiled a new kernel with fbdev support, installed xserver_fbdev, and it goes great!
Only runs at one resolution pre reboot afaik. Might getting ggi to work with this, can I change resolutions on the fly with ggi? Cool! Tim. On 22 Sep 1999, Tim Thomson wrote: > Hi, > > I grabbed Branden's 3.3.4-0 svga xserver when it came out, to get my > Trio3D going. I got it to work with a bit of effort, at 800x600x16. > I hadn't updated the system since then, until just now. Now when xdm or > startx starts, the screen starts flickering, and then goes into powersave > mode. I've tried it on another monitor too. (Both only 15") > I guessed it must be trying to start a resolution, so I brought it back to > 640x480, but to no avail. I've looked at xfree86.org, they have a couple > of modelines they think work on the card, but I was using them already. > > It wasn't upgrading the server that killed it, cause I didn't upgrade the > server straight away :( I actually left all the 3.3.4-0 stuff, except for > xlib6g, which heaps of packages depended on. When I rebooted, xdm didn't > come up, so I upgraded everything to 3.3.4-2, but still no luck! > > I've now downloaded the binary 3.3.5 svga server, still the same thing. > > The annoying thing is, it has worked, but now it doesn't!!! I don't know > what broke it. > Anyone else have a Trio3D? Anyone having the same kind of problems? > > Thanks, > > Tim. > > -- > Tim Thomson [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null > > > > -- Tim Thomson [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ: 18073712 Do not meddle in the affairs of Dragons, for you are crunchy and taste good with ketchup!
