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G'day People

Since ya Know about the ET6000
Can ya help me with a problem on the Et4000
As I've tried using the XF86config , it work's but 
the monitor hangs when I run the X311_SVGA OR THE X311_W32
I have 1mb ram chip 
O/S Slackware Plus Win95
3x 2GB drive
Microsoft Comp Mouse
Pentium 90
40mb ram 
Monitor Tatung  1240x1024
                          800x640
Model no  MC17MCR  
I'm a newbie at this 
I just can't get the Xwindows to run till I fix the Config for the   V Card
                         
 
Yours truly Andrew

David Conran <lucifer@maths.uq.edu.au> wrote in article
<5i81un$tgl$1@nargun.cc.uq.edu.au>...
> lamble@aurora.cc.monash.edu.au (Mr Stuart Lamble) writes:
> 
> >Mark Heath (mheath@netspace.net.au) wrote:
> >: tommy-carlos williams (infinitum@deathsdoor.com) wrote:
> >: : David...
> >: : i have an ET6000 4Mb card.... i have absolutely NO troubles with
> >: : 1024x768 16bpp...
> >: : i haven't tried 1280x1024... but i probably should ... heheh
> >: : i might do that tomorrow night :)
> >: 
> >: : the ET6000 card is the best card i've ever owned....
> >: : you'll love it...
> >: 
> >: Which Xfree server are you running ? 
> >: SVGA or W32 ?
> 
> >It's best these days to run ET6000 cards under the SVGA server.
Development
> >on the W32 server has all but halted, with all efforts going towards
> >accelerating performance in SVGA.
> 
> >(Not really true anymore, actually - efforts are now going towards the
> >loader technology donated by MetroX. It's kinda neat, actually. The next
> >release should _really_ fly..)
> 
> >Stuart, speaking for himself only. I'm not affiliated with XFree, apart
> >from being one of their beta testers.
> 
> Well .. I finally got one.
> And ... yes it does do 1280x1024x16bpp ...
> but ... it does it with artifacts on the screen when you scroll etc
> (ie. when you use the accelerator)
> 
> and .... it can and will cause a machine crash/Xserver death when you
> use an 'old' dma device. (in my case .. a PAS-16)
> So .. I am running in 1280x1024x16bpp with 'Option "noaccel"' which makes
> it run a whole lot more stable, cleans up most of the glitches but fairly
> slowly :(.
> (btw in 1024x768x16bpp it did not have the artifacts .. but it did
> in 1152x864x16bpp)
> 
> I am kinda pine-ing for my 2Meg S3 Trio64, which was rock solid and
perfect
> at 1152x900x16bpp.
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