Re: X support for S3 86c764?

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From: John Saunders
Date: Tue, 14 Nov 1995 00:00

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Nick Satterly <nicks@ozramp.ozramp.net.au> wrote:

> Can anyone help me get XF86 to recognise my graphics card.
> It is a #9FX Vision 330 (PCI), with a S3 Trio64 86c764 chipset,
> and 2Mb DRAM. XF86Config only lists the #9 GXE.

XFree86 3.1.1 only supports the Vision864 chip. While the Trio64
is almost the same, it's different enough not to work.

> I ran SuperProbe and got, "Chipset: S3 (chipset unknown)
>                                Signature data: el (please report)"

You need XFree86 3.1.2 to support the Tri64 chipset. You don't need to
download the whole package, just grab the XF86_S3 Xserver.

> I've wasted a lot of time on this already--should I just give up and
> get a 86c864 or ET4000 instead?

No, #9 cards are a good. They also perform well under X.
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