Re: tlug: STB Velocity 3D and XFree 3.3.2

[Scott Stone <sstone@example.com>]

On Wed, 22 Jul 1998, Manuel Chakravarty wrote:

> 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.

1152x900 isn't a 'real' mode, if I remember correctly.  Could be that that
particular card doesn't like it.  My Velocity 128 (much faster card -
trade in your Velocity 3D for a Velocity 128..) has a serious problem with
the XFree86 DGA extension, and it only works in 8, 15, or 32bpp, which is
very .... odd.  Could just be the card - if it works in other resolutions,
I'd suspect that's the case, and AccelX has some kind of workaround in
place that XFree86 does not - Chris would know better than I would,
though.

As for the monitor specs, send them to me, directly to me.  Best to use
the custom monitor cfg in turboxcfg and then send me your XF86Config - are
the correct settings in the one attached here?

> 
> Thanks for any advice,
> 
> Manuel
> 
> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> #
> # 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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Scott M. Stone <sstone@example.com, sstone@example.com>
               <sstone@example.com>
Linux Developer/Systems Administrator for Pacific HiTech, Inc. 
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