Jan Willem Fransen (J.W.Fransen@dutdfs1.CED.TUDelft.NL) wrote:
: When I use the XS3 for X-windows, X starts but the screen and menu's gets 
: garbled with all kinds of letters.

: I use a HP 486/33 with a S3 (86c805) with 512 Kb with a HP 17" monitor

: I use the the following statement in Xconfig:

: virtual screen 640 480
: vender nolinear                        (I also tried without)                  
:      modes "640x480" 

: modeDB
: "640x480"   25    640 680 776 800 398 412 414 449 (I used vgaset, I also tried 
:                                                                  default VESA)

: X-windows start with these settings, the mouse works, the menus open and start 
: but the screen gets garbled with letters. I also used different resolution, 
: same result. The x386mono works just fine in 800x600.

: Anybody have the same experience, or even better an answer ?????

: Thanx
: Jan Willem

You must upgrade your S3-card to 1MB video RAM!
The XS3_XServer works only with 1MB!

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Lars Steubesand

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