Gateway 2000, S3, and X woes

Gateway 2000, S3, and X woes

Post by Michael Allen Riers » Sat, 16 Dec 1995 04:00:00



I have a Gateway 2000, pentium 75, with a 1576 Vivitron monitor and a
STB Trio 64 PCI video card.  I have tried repeatedly to configure XF86
on my machine, but when I run startx I get the following error
message:
(--) S3: Unknown S3 Chipset: chip_id = 0xe1

*** None of the configured devices was detected ***

Fatal server error:
no screens found
xinit:  No such file or directory (errno 2): unexpected signal 13

I have followed all the directions in the HOWTO - ie. built a config
file, linked the appropriate X server (S3), but I am still having problems.
Could anyone please help?  

Thanks,

Michael Rierson

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Department of Computer Science, Duke University, Durham, NC 27706

 
 
 

Gateway 2000, S3, and X woes

Post by Artur Jasowi » Mon, 18 Dec 1995 04:00:00



: I have a Gateway 2000, pentium 75, with a 1576 Vivitron monitor and a
: STB Trio 64 PCI video card.  I have tried repeatedly to configure XF86
: on my machine, but when I run startx I get the following error
: message:
: (--) S3: Unknown S3 Chipset: chip_id = 0xe1

: *** None of the configured devices was detected ***

: Fatal server error:
: no screens found
: xinit:  No such file or directory (errno 2): unexpected signal 13

I have Paradise Bahamas64 with S3Trio 764 chipset and 2MB of memory. I have
tried to set this card up under FreeBSD's XFree 3.1 (X11R6) with same
results. I even get the same chip id. Is S3 Trio 764 supported by XF86_S3?

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Gateway 2000, S3, and X woes

Post by Harald Koen » Mon, 18 Dec 1995 04:00:00



Quote:> I have a Gateway 2000, pentium 75, with a 1576 Vivitron monitor and a
> STB Trio 64 PCI video card.  I have tried repeatedly to configure XF86
> on my machine, but when I run startx I get the following error
> message:
> (--) S3: Unknown S3 Chipset: chip_id = 0xe1

get XFree86 3.1.2 to support this chip.

Harald
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Gateway 2000, S3, and X woes

Post by Claudette William » Wed, 20 Dec 1995 04:00:00


Try a more up to date version (like Slackware 3.0) which has X Windows v.
3.1.2 or later. The server on this version worked on my identical Gateway
Syatem. Good Luck!
 
 
 

1. XFree Support for the S3 Trio64 card with Gateway 2000?

Hi,

    In spite of my insistence for a S3 864 card, Gateway 2000 has
shipped me a S3 Trio64 card alongwith their D4-66 machine :-( So,
right now I am in a quandry and I hope I can draw on the collective
wisdom of you all to figure a way out of this.

    a. Is there a Xserver for the Trio Card? (BTW, what exactly is
        this Trio family? Does it use a different chipset?)

    b. What are my options?

        - Modify an existing server. Which one?
        - Is there is a plan to support it in XFree3.1.1? In which
            case I could wait for it.
        - Return the card and buy a different one (this time one that
            is supported)?

    Any other suggestions/responses will be greatly appreciated.

    Thanks!

\deepak

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