tlug: STB Velocity 3D and XFree 3.3.2

[Manuel Chakravarty <chak@example.com>]

Hi!

I just installed TurboLinux on my desktop machine, happily throwing
AccelleratedX out, which I used so far for my STB Velocity 3D video
card (and which every couple of days messed up its font data forcing
me to restart the server over again).

Scott once mentioned that the card uses the S3 ViRGE/VX, which is
supported by XFree's SVGA server and probing also finds this chip, but
in some video modes -- in particular in 1152x900, which I want to use
-- starting the X servers freezes the machine and I have to reboot.
Does anybody have experience with this card?  Interestingly, the
higher resolution of 1280x1024 works (but the quality is not good -- I 
guess due to the lower refresh rate), so I'd like to use 1152x900,
which worked with AccelleratedX.

I append the XF86Config below.  The spec below uses a color depth of
16; I also tried 24 with similar results.  BTW, I vaguely remember
that I read somewhere that one should contribute new monitor specs.
Does anybody know where to send it.

Thanks for any advice,

Manuel

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#
# XF86Config generated by turboxcfg 4.0.1
# Please do not edit this file by hand!
# Run turboxcfg to make changes to the X configuration.
# For advanced users, details about the format of this file
# can be found in the XF86Config(4/5) man page.
# Report problems to support@example.com

Section "Files"
    RgbPath     "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/rgb"
    FontPath    "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc/"
    FontPath    "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Type1/"
    FontPath    "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Speedo/"
    FontPath    "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/"
    FontPath    "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/"
EndSection

Section "ServerFlags"
#    NoTrapSignals
#    DontZap
#    DontZoom
EndSection

Section "Keyboard"
    Protocol    "Standard"
    AutoRepeat  500 5
    LeftAlt     Meta
   RightAlt     Meta
   XkbRules     "xfree86"
   XkbModel     "jp106"
   XkbLayout    "jp"
EndSection

Section "Pointer"
    Protocol    "PS/2"
    Device      "/dev/psaux"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
    Identifier  "Custom Monitor"
    VendorName  "Gateway"
    ModelName   "Vivitron 700, CPD-GF200"
    HorizSync   31.5-64
    VertRefresh 50-120

Modeline "800x600" 36.00 800 824 896 1024  600 601 603 625
Modeline "800x600" 40.00 800 840 968 1056  600 601 605 628 +hsync +vsync
Modeline "800x600" 50.00 800 856 976 1040  600 637 643 666 +hsync +vsync
Modeline "1024x768" 44.90 1024 1048 1208 1264  768 776 784 817 Interlace
Modeline "1024x768" 65.00 1024 1032 1176 1344  768 771 777 806 -hsync -vsync
Modeline "1024x768" 75.00 1024 1048 1184 1328  768 771 777 806 -hsync -vsync
Modeline "1024x768" 85.00 1024 1032 1152 1360  768 784 787 823
Modeline "1152x900" 80.00 1152 1209 1399 1513  900 920 930 948 -hsync -vsync
Modeline "1152x900" 95.00 1152 1193 1383 1521  900 920 930 948 -hsync -vsync
Modeline "1280x1024" 80.00 1280 1296 1512 1568  1024 1025 1037 1165 Interlace
Modeline "1280x1024" 110.00 1280 1328 1512 1712  1024 1025 1028 1054
Modeline "1280x1024" 135.00 1280 1312 1456 1712  1024 1027 1030 1064
Modeline "1280x1024" 135.00 1280 1312 1416 1664  1024 1027 1030 1064
EndSection

Section "Device"
    Identifier  "AutoProbed (S3 ViRGE/VX:PCI)"
    VendorName  "AutoProbed (S3 ViRGE/VX:PCI)"
    BoardName   "S3 ViRGE/VX:PCI"
    VideoRam    4096
    # No probed static clocks for this card (good)
EndSection

Section "Screen"
    Driver    "svga"
    Device    "AutoProbed (S3 ViRGE/VX:PCI)"
    Monitor   "Custom Monitor"
    DefaultColorDepth    16
    Subsection "Display"
        Depth     16
        Modes    "1280x1024" "800x600" "1024x768" "1152x900"
    EndSubsection
EndSection

# End of XF86Config.
# turboxcfg 4.0.1
# by Scott Stone <sstone@example.com>
# (C) 1998 Pacific HiTech
#

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