[ale] XFree86 help

[Clay Lawrence]

I've had better luck using the SVGA server for S3virge myself. I can't remember the options I used though since I don't have that box anymore but I do remember using PCI burst.

Clay

Nomad the Wanderer wrote:

> I jsut got XFree86 to work on my laptop in what looks like a good set of
> modes according to the checkered background.  The problem is I never
> get anything other than that.
>
> I get this on console:
>
> XF86Config: /etc/XF86Config
> (**) stands for supplied, (--) stands for probed/default values
> (**) Mouse: type: PS/2, device: /dev/psaux, buttons: 3
> (**) SVGA: Graphics device ID: "Tecra 750CDT"
> (**) SVGA: Monitor ID: "Generic Monitor"
> (**) FontPath set to "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc/,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Type1/,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Speedo/,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/"
> (--) SVGA: PCI: S3 ViRGE/MX rev 5, Memory @ 0xf8000000
> (--) SVGA: S3V: ViRGE/MX rev 5, Linear FB @ 0xf8000000
> (--) SVGA: Detected S3 ViRGE/MX
> (--) SVGA: using driver for chipset "s3_virge"
> (--) SVGA: videoram:  4096k
> (--) SVGA: Ramdac speed: 135 MHz
> (--) SVGA: Detected current MCLK value of 44.028 MHz
> (--) SVGA: LCD size 1024x768, clock 68.988 MHz
> (--) SVGA: chipset:  s3_virge
> (--) SVGA: videoram: 4096k
> (**) SVGA: Option flag "no_stretch" is not defined for this driver
> (**) SVGA: Option "sw_cursor"
> (**) SVGA: Using 8 bpp, Depth 8, Color weight: 666
> (--) SVGA: Maximum allowed dot-clock: 135.000 MHz
> (**) SVGA: Mode "1024x768": mode clock =  58.500
> (**) SVGA: Mode "800x600": mode clock =  28.300
> (**) SVGA: Mode "640x480": mode clock =  28.300
> (--) SVGA: Virtual resolution set to 1024x768
> (--) SVGA: Generic SpeedUps selected (Flags=0x30)
> (--) SVGA: Using XAA (XFree86 Acceleration Architecture)
> (--) SVGA: XAA: Solid filled rectangles
> (--) SVGA: XAA: Screen-to-screen copy
> (--) SVGA: XAA: 8x8 pattern fill
> (--) SVGA: XAA: 8x8 color expand pattern fill
> (--) SVGA: XAA: CPU to screen color expansion (bitmap, TE/NonTE imagetext, TE/NonTE polytext)
> (--) SVGA: XAA: Using 8 128x128 areas for pixmap caching
> (--) SVGA: XAA: Caching tiles and non-transparent stipples
> (--) SVGA: XAA: Horizontal and vertical lines and segments
> .
> ..
> ..
> ..
> ..
> ..
> ..
> ..
> <indeterminate #>
> ..
> ..
> ..
> ..
> ..
> ..
> ..
> ..
> ..
> giving up.
> xinit:  Connection refused (errno 111):  unable to connect to X server
>
> waiting for X server to shut down
>
> xinit:  Success (errno 0):  Server error.
>
> {0}:ratbert:/home/nomad>cat .xinitrc
> #!/bin/sh
> #
> #
> #
> exec /usr/bin/startkde &
>
> (I tried it without the & and get the same effect).
>
> This did work with the 10minute demo of AccelX just fine.
>
> Thoughts?
>
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>
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>
> FYI:
>  perl -e 'print $i=pack(c5,(41*2),sqrt(7056),(unpack(c,H)-2),oct(115),10);'