Re: VooDoo + S3 968 + Linux

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From: Mark Vojkovich
Date: Thu, 29 Oct 1998 00:00

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In article <714koi$c2p3@ppd00021.postag.de> <> writes:
>Irish <irish@eskimo.com> wrote: > OK, I have an Obsidian Voodoo card, an S3 968 (rev0) and Linux. 
>> When I try to run 3D stuff (read: Quake), it runs for a bit, then locks
>> up the entire console. I've read that the problem is because the S3 card
>> steps on the Voodoo cards memory space (bad S3!). 

   Not quite.  The problem is that the S3 misreports it's map size
and the bios will set things up with overlapping address spaces.

>> 
>> How do I map the Voodoo card to a different address space so this
>> problem is avoided? 
>

  The opposite is easier.  Run XF86_S3 first and it will remap
the S3.  There should be a message in the server output telling
you that it did that.

			Mark.

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From: mvojkovi@sdcc10.ucsd.edu (Mark Vojkovich)
Subject: Re: VooDoo + S3 968 + Linux
Date: 1998/10/29
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