Re: XFree, S3 Vision64, and DELL Ultrascan 15 ?

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From: John Saunders
Date: Mon, 19 Dec 1994 02:24

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John Gibbons (johng@jolt.mpx.com.au) wrote:
> I have a DELL XPM/590 running linux and I can't seem to get the S3 server
> (I am running XFree86 V3.1)
> to work. I have tried running xf86config and that seems OK, SuperProbe finds
> the video card etc but when I run it the system hangs. I can run the VGA16
> server with no problems.

Make sure that the file /usr/bin/X11/X is a symlink to XF86_S3. Make up your
/usr/lib/X11/XF86Config file according to you systems specs. Then test it
by running 'X -probeonly'. This should report on the detected video chip
and RAMDAC. You may need to change the XF86Config file if the X server
doesn't detect the correct devices. Also check out the man pages XF86_Accel
and XF86Config and the file /usr/lib/X11/doc/README.S3.
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From: johns@rd.scitec.com.au (John Saunders)
Subject: Re: XFree, S3 Vision64, and DELL Ultrascan 15 ?
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