X support for S3 86c764?

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From: Lloyd Seaton
Date: Mon, 13 Nov 1995 00:00

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news:487khk$hge@ozramp.ozramp.net.au
nicks@ozramp.ozramp.net.au (Nick Satterly) 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.
>
>I ran SuperProbe and got, "Chipset: S3 (chipset unknown)
>                               Signature data: el (please report)"
>
>I've wasted a lot of time on this already--should I just give up and
>get a 86c864 or ET4000 instead?

What version of XF86 are you using?
I noticed in the graphics benchmark results that someone has
reported performance of a Diamond Stealth 64 using S3 Trio64
chipset under XF86 3.1.1.  So it might be worth a try
installing your card in this way.
                                      Lloyd Seaton
lloyds@zeta.org.au

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Date: 1995/11/13
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