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Tim Potter (tpotter@pcug.org.au) wrote:
: There's been a recent thread about Trio64+ cards so i was curious if
: anyone has had any success with Trio64 (without the +) Expert Color video
: cards.  I've got the XF86Config file set up to use the S3 server with
: s3_generic chipset and correct (worked with my previous ISA video card)
: settings for my monitor.  The problem is that running startx doesn't
: display anything at all on the monitor!  No wavvy lines or uncentered
: picture - nothing.  The VC which started X doesn't give any error messages.
: Things look like they have started up normally. 

I'm one who had trouble with (still have) Trio64+ cards but this is only 
in relation to svgalib - For me X works really nicely...  Can't really 
help you I don't think except to say have you tried the primitive VGA 
modes and have you set the symbolic link to point to the S3 Server?

Cheers.

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