Very Computer

Hi,

I have an IBM PS/Valuepoint with built into t) video subsystem on the
motherboard.  The thing is I cannot getXFree86 to work in anthing else
than the VGA-16 mode.

When I use the SVGA or S# server 3t either hangs (in the S3)
or the SVGA serve says no proper mode found.

Please help me to get this thing working, I bought a 1.6GB,HD 20 MB
RAM, a CDROM, and an EDIDE controller just to get Linux up and running
(I plan to develop some C++/SQL/Web stuff) . If I have to I will buy
a new card (any reccomendations ?). My computer has one VLB slot.

Thanks,

-- Subhendu

Make sure you use the S3-accel server
Try adding these lines to your XF86Config:

 Option      "nolinear"   <--- for your S3 C805 this is needed.
 Ramdac      "att20c490"

Here my whole  "Device" section..

# Device configured by xf86config:

Section "Device"
    Identifier  "S3"
    VendorName  "IBM"
    BoardName   "S3"
    VideoRam    1024
    Option      "nolinear"
    Ramdac      "att20c490"
    Clocks  25.23  28.32  39.69   0.00  50.43  76.74  35.67  44.61
    Clocks 130.28 119.54  79.67  31.22 109.85  65.16  74.92  94.62
EndSection