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In article <1994Oct10.091821.22380@nntp.brisnet.org.au>,
Carlo Hamalainen <carlo@ozspace.brisnet.org.au> wrote:
>Hello All,
>
>                   PLEASE READ THIS IF YOU'VE SET UP AN S3 
>                     VIDEO CARD WITH XFree86-3.1 OR KNOW
>                   ANYTHING ABOUT SETTING UP AN XF86Config 
>                             FILE IN XFree86-3.1
>
>                   THIS IS RUNNING ON LINUX WITH A KERNEL 
>                              OF 1.1.0 RUNNING
>
>	 OK, here's my problem in explained in the shortest way possible....
>
>I've installed XFree86-3.1 perfectly (can fire up the Mono server), but I
>can't figure out the correct XF86Config entry for my card (I need the bit
>for the accelerated cards). It complains about everything I put in there...
>
>Here's the most I can figure out about it - if there's any more I should've
>included pleaze tell me so I (might) repost it....
>
>* Full name (on manual): Expert Colour DSP3864/P S3 864 VL/PCI Bus VGA CARD.
>
>* Uses the Vision864 chipset which should be supported in 3.1
>
>* Said to be *the* most common S3 PCI video card in Australia.
>
>* Don't worry about the VGA bit, it can go all the way up to 1280x1024x16 or
>1024x786x256.
>
>* I've got the PCI version with 1 Mb RAM.
>
>* SuperProbe 2.2 gave me this info:
>
>First video: Super-VGA
>        Chipset: S3 Vision864
>        Memory:  1024 Kbytes
>        RAMDAC:  AT&T 20C492 15/16/18-bit DAC with gamma correction
>                 (with 6-bit wide lookup tables (or in 6-bit mode))
>
>* This is the sample for what I'm having problems with:
>
> Section "Screen"
>     Driver    "accel"
>     Device    "Actix GE32+ 2MB"
>     Monitor   "Generic Monitor"
>     Subsection  "Display"
>         Depth     8
>         Modes     "640x480"
>         ViewPort    0 0
>         Virtual           1280 1024
>     EndSubsection
>     SubSection "Display"
>         Depth     16
>         Weight            565
>         Modes     "640x480"
>         ViewPort    0 0
>         Virtual           1024 768
>     EndSubsection
> EndSection
>
>* This is what it says (i've got the S3 server linked to X, so don't worry
>about that):
>
>XFree86 Version 3.1 / X Window System
>(protocol Version 11, revision 0, vendor release 6000)
>Operating System: Linux
>Configured drivers:
>  S3: accelerated server for S3 graphics adaptors (Patchlevel 0)
>      mmio_928, s3_generic
>(using VT number 7)
>
>XF86Config: /root/XF86Config
>(**) stands for supplied, (--) stands for probed/default values
>(**) Mouse: type: Microsoft, device: /dev/mouse, baudrate: 1200
>
>Config Error: /root/XF86Config:294
>
>     Device     "Actix GE32+ 2MB"
>                ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>Not a declared device

This means that you don't have a Device section defined for "Actix GE32+ 2MB".
Please refer to the sample XF86Config file, and the XF86Config man page
to see how Devices are defined.

Also, since you don't have an "Actix GE32+ 2MB", you should set up a Device
section for the board you have.  You will run into problems if you try
to use the "Actix GE32+ 2MB" entry.

David
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Carlo Hamalainen (carlo@ozspace.brisnet.org.au) wrote:

> I've installed XFree86-3.1 perfectly (can fire up the Mono server), but I
> can't figure out the correct XF86Config entry for my card (I need the bit
> for the accelerated cards). It complains about everything I put in there...

>  Section "Screen"
>      Driver    "accel"
>      Device    "Actix GE32+ 2MB"

Have you tried removing the Device line and letting the driver figure
out for itself what device you have? Also the 2.x servers had
commands like 'X -probeonly' and 'X -showconfig' which provide useful
info for setting them up. Let me know how you go as I also have an
#9 GXE64 S3 864 and as soon as I get 3.1 I want to install it.
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Carlo Hamalainen (carlo@ozspace.brisnet.org.au) wrote:
: Hello All,

: I've installed XFree86-3.1 perfectly (can fire up the Mono server), but I
: can't figure out the correct XF86Config entry for my card (I need the bit
: for the accelerated cards). It complains about everything I put in there...

:  Section "Screen"
:      Driver    "accel"
:      Device    "Actix GE32+ 2MB"
                 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

What goes here is the keyword from the "Identifier" field from the
Section "Device"  part.

:      Monitor   "Generic Monitor"

This one is similar - only this time it's the "Identifier" field from
the  Section "Monitor"  part. 

:      Subsection  "Display"
:          Depth     8
:          Modes     "640x480"
:          ViewPort    0 0
:          Virtual           1280 1024
:      EndSubsection
:      SubSection "Display"
:          Depth     16
:          Weight            565
:          Modes     "640x480"
:          ViewPort    0 0
:          Virtual           1024 768
:      EndSubsection
:  EndSection

For example, the relevant sections from my XF86Config are...

Section "Monitor"
    Identifier "dat15"
    VendorName "dat"
    ModelName "Digital_15"
    BandWidth 75
    HorizSync 30-65
    VertRefresh 52-120
    ModeLine "800x600" 36 800 824 896 1024 600 601 603 625
    ModeLine "800x600n" 65 800 824 944 1072 600 603 609 640
    ModeLine "1024x768" 65 1024 1064 1184 1296 768 770 775 801
EndSection

Section "Device"
    Identifier "et4000w32i"
    VendorName "tseng"
    BoardName "w32i"
    Clocks 25.20 28.32 31.60 36.10 40.10 45.10 50.30 65.50 12.60 14.20 15.80 18.10 20.10 22.50 25.16 32.60
EndSection

Section "Screen"
    Driver "Accel"
    Device "et4000w32i"
    Monitor "dat15"
    Subsection "Display"
        Modes "1024x768" "800x600"
        ViewPort 0 0
    EndSubsection
EndSection


If you were using XFree 2.1.x you'll probibly find it much easier to use
the reconfig program to convert your XConfig to an XF86Config (See the
INSTALL file).

  Scott.

carlo@ozspace.brisnet.org.au (Carlo Hamalainen) writes:

> Section "Screen"
>     Driver    "accel"
>     Device    "Actix GE32+ 2MB"
>     Monitor   "Generic Monitor"
>     Subsection  "Display"
>         Depth     8
>         Modes     "640x480"
>         ViewPort    0 0
>         Virtual           1280 1024
>     EndSubsection
> EndSection

>     Device     "Actix GE32+ 2MB"

If you specify this device you need a Section "Device"; something like:
-- cut ---

Section "Device"
    Identifier  "Actix GE32+ 2MB"
    VendorName  "Actix"
    BoardName   "GE32+ 2MB"
    Chipset     "s3_generic"
    VideoRam    2048
    Clocks      25.20 28.32 40.00 0.00 50.10 77.50 36.00 44.90
    Clocks      63.00 100.20 79.90 31.50 110.10 65.00 75.00 94.50
    Ramdac      "ATT20C490"
EndSection
-- cut ---
(don't use these clocks)

Casey Ryder

C. van Rij (cvrij@cs.vu.nl) wrote:

> Section "Device"
>     Identifier  "Actix GE32+ 2MB"
>     VendorName  "Actix"
>     BoardName   "GE32+ 2MB"
>     Chipset     "s3_generic"
>     VideoRam    2048
>     Clocks      25.20 28.32 40.00 0.00 50.10 77.50 36.00 44.90
>     Clocks      63.00 100.20 79.90 31.50 110.10 65.00 75.00 94.50

Is the clock generator chip still supported in 3.1 as:
      Clocks      "icd2061a"
This might be better than specifying the clocks individually.
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In article <1994Oct11.013155.2383@rd.scitec.com.au>, johns@rd.scitec.com.au (John Saunders) writes:
|> Carlo Hamalainen (carlo@ozspace.brisnet.org.au) wrote:

|> #9 GXE64 S3 864 and as soon as I get 3.1 I want to install it.
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I have also the #9 GXE64 and have absolutely no problems with 3.1. Err, nearly
no problems. When I try to use it with more than 1024x768 the server
crashes. But I think that is because I only have 1 MB Video Ram.

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