Re: your mail

Derrik Pates (dpates@Cavern.NMSU.Edu)
Sat, 15 Feb 1997 17:52:21 -0700 (MST)


On Sat, 15 Feb 1997, Richard B. Johnson wrote:

> Any X wizards? Sorry wrong service...BUT I can't get any response from
> the XFree people.
>
> Bought a new Stealth 2000 3D . It has an S-3 chip on it, #86C325.
> The latest version of XFree86 (that I could find) refuses to recognize it.
>
> XFree86 Version 3.1.2 / 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: /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/XF86Config
> (**) stands for supplied, (--) stands for probed/default values
> (**) Mouse: type: MouseSystems, device: /dev/mouse, baudrate: 1200
>
> (--) S3: Unknown S3 chipset: chip_id = 0x31e1 rev. 61
>
> *** None of the configured devices were detected.***
>
> Any help is appreciated.

It's a ViRGE chip. Check out www.xfree86.org, and see about getting XFree
v3.2, which has a ViRGE server.

Derrik Pates
dpates@cavern.nmsu.edu

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