On Sat, Jul 08, 2000 at 09:51:19PM -0400, Mike Werner wrote: > Rogerio Brito wrote: > > On Jul 08 2000, Mike Werner wrote: > > > Looks like that's it, alright. I just popped my case to > > > double-check, and I am indeed using an S3 Virge/DX vid card with the > > > SVGA server. ::sigh:: > > > > Is there any reason why you don't use the specialized xserver > > for your card? The package is xserver-s3v (not to be confused > > with xserver-s3). I have installed that one for a customer and > > he doesn't seem to have those problems (I went to your page to > > see the corruption). > > Well, I had considered that server. But when I saw this ...
<snip> > Description: X server for S3 ViRGE and ViRGE/VX-based graphics cards > xserver-s3v is an 8-bit PseudoColor and 16-bit TrueColor X server suitable > for use with S3 ViRGE and ViRGE/VX graphic accelerator boards. In most cases > use of this X server is deprecated in favor of the SVGA X server. > > ... that last line got me to use the SVGA server instead. However, between > the realization that since I pretty much know that the SVGA server is the > cause of my troubles it most certainly can't hurt to try and your > recommendation, I am now downloading the xserver-s3v package as I type this. I've had a number of problems with the SVGA driver on my own ViRGE/VX card, documented in the nether depths of comp.os.linux.*. Followups from others indicated that even with identically specified cards, some worked with the SVGA driver, some required the S3 driver. Go figure. -- Karsten M. Self <kmself@ix.netcom.com> http://www.netcom.com/~kmself Evangelist, Opensales, Inc. http://www.opensales.org What part of "Gestalt" don't you understand? Debian GNU/Linux rocks! http://gestalt-system.sourceforge.net/ K5: http://www.kuro5hin.org GPG fingerprint: F932 8B25 5FDD 2528 D595 DC61 3847 889F 55F2 B9B0
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