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:       Recently, I bought a display card with S3 ViRGE/DX chip.

: When I try to "startx", there is an error message:

:       (--) S3: Unknown S3 chipset: chip_id = 0x1e1 rev. 11

: Please tell me how to do with it?

Get XFree86 3.3.1 (you really need that !!!) and use the XF86_SVGA server.
It contains a driver module for any Virge[/{VX,DX,GX[2]}] chipset. The
S3 server can't handle the Virge series. There's also a special S3V server
but that's to become obsolete - development and further enhancements are
done in the XAA driver module for the SVGA server.

Bye,
Frank Hofmann

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        Recently, I bought a display card with S3 ViRGE/DX chip.

When I try to "startx", there is an error message:

        (--) S3: Unknown S3 chipset: chip_id = 0x1e1 rev. 11

Please tell me how to do with it?

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On 19 Aug 1997 05:46:47 GMT, Yi-Jong Yeh

Quote:>    Recently, I bought a display card with S3 ViRGE/DX chip.
>When I try to "startx", there is an error message:
>    (--) S3: Unknown S3 chipset: chip_id = 0x1e1 rev. 11
>Please tell me how to do with it?

You need to get the S3V server, which *does* support S3 ViRGE.

Or, new with XFree86 3.3, the SVGA server includes S3V support.
It is probably preferable to use the SVGA server, as most of the
XAA (Extended Acceleration Architecture) support that provides
faster server speed will be going into the SVGA version, and not
the S3V version...

XFree86 Version 3.3.1 was just announced, which apparently fixes
some S3V bugs, so that very likely is what will "hit the spot."

Depending on your favored distribution, you may wish to
consult ftp.redhat.com or ftp.debian.org as alternatives to
the central web site, http://www.xfree86.org...
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