:>Hi,
:>I want to report of an unsuccessful attempt to get my Diamond Stealth 64
:>VRam/PCI Card to work with XFree 3.1.1! I completely installed
:>XFree 3.1.1 on my linux-machine and configured it using xf86config (with
:>btw has become absolutely easy to use). However, if I start the
:>XF86_S3 accelarated server, the screen simply goes black. If I switch
:>back to text mode, I can see the correct X-screen for fragments of a
:>second. Switching back to the X-screen from text-mode, the correct
:>X-screen is visible but the system crashes :-(
:>I conclude that my card does not work with XFree 3.1.1. But what to do
:>now? Since there are many reports that Diamond Stealth 64 cards are
:>running under Xfree, this might be a case for Diamond's technical
:>support. Or should I wait for XFree 3.1.2? :-)
I've found there are three things you should check:
1. Make sure you've specified a RamDac in the XFconfig file. The S3 server
isn't detecting the Bt485 if it's there. That will hose you.
2. Verify the rev. level of the 964 chipset you're using. See if X
reports it as rev level 1 or rev level 0 (when you start X, it will say).
If it is 1, see #3.
3. I've seen two reports of noise at all dot clocks/depths with the 964
rev1. See if you're affected. If so, let me know (I'm one of the two
people)
-f
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