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I have a ASUS Video Magic PCI-864 Card (s3-864) w/ 2 meg installed, and
are having BIG prblems getting X to run. I'm using the version that comes
w/ slackware 2.1.0. I've tried to use the S3 server and the mono server
but all that happens when i get it to run is that i get the b/w
background, and the mouse-pointer in the middle of the screen, and when i
move the mouse it jumps to the lower left corner and then the machine just
hangs.  I can't even reboot it. Also, in the setup, the X -probeonly will
hang the machine so I press N on that question.

Here's my Hardware:

486dx2-66 (16 meg & PCI. AMI bios w/ powersave (Energy Star))
s3-864 w/ 2meg
SCSI (dunno modell)
3Com 509
3 button mouse

eeeeer, i dont remebmber of hand, and that box is at school, and im at
home now *grin* i will check it out, and get back to you.

: > You write:
: >
: > > I have a ASUS Video Magic PCI-864 Card (s3-864) w/ 2 meg installed, and
: > > are having BIG prblems getting X to run. I'm using the version that comes
: > > w/ slackware 2.1.0. I've tried to use the S3 server and the mono server
: > > but all that happens when i get it to run is that i get the b/w
: > > background, and the mouse-pointer in the middle of the screen, and when i
: > > move the mouse it jumps to the lower left corner and then the machine just
: > > hangs.  I can't even reboot it. Also, in the setup, the X -probeonly will
: > > hang the machine so I press N on that question.
: >
: > which ramdac and clockchip is on your card?
: > please send output of SuperProbe and XF86_S3  too.

: eeeeer, i dont remebmber of hand, and that box is at school, and im at
: home now *grin* i will check it out, and get back to you.

OK, here's the info...

SuperProbe tells me:

Chipset: S3 Vision864
Memmory: 2048K
RAMDAC : AT&T 20C492 15/16/18-bid DAC with gamma correction (with 6-bit
         wide lookuptable (or in 6-bit mod)

If i look at the DAC-chip. it says:

S3 SDAC
86C716-MG
9415 F11388

(AT&T aren't mentioned at all!)

The bias is a Phoenix BIOS and the label says "D33321". When i Boot it
tellsme that it is dated 06/20-94.

The Processor(?) itself says:

S3 Vision864
86C864-P
1X27-0001
9416 9406095

How do i fins the Clockchip? what do i look for?

...Anyone has a Config that will work with this card?

: : >
: : > > I have a ASUS Video Magic PCI-864 Card (s3-864) w/ 2 meg installed, and
: : > > are having BIG prblems getting X to run. I'm using the version that comes
: : > > w/ slackware 2.1.0. I've tried to use the S3 server and the mono server

That should be XFree86-3.1, right?

: : > which ramdac and clockchip is on your card?
: : > please send output of SuperProbe and XF86_S3  too.

: Chipset: S3 Vision864
: Memmory: 2048K
: RAMDAC : AT&T 20C492 15/16/18-bid DAC with gamma correction (with 6-bit
:          wide lookuptable (or in 6-bit mod)

: If i look at the DAC-chip. it says:

: S3 SDAC
: 86C716-MG
: 9415 F11388

: (AT&T aren't mentioned at all!)

It's from S3, that's why they don't mention AT&T :^)
SuperProbe sometimes guesses wrong. But the new version of SuperProbe in
XFree86-3.1.1 should correctly detect an S3-SDAC

: The bias is a Phoenix BIOS and the label says "D33321". When i Boot it
: tellsme that it is dated 06/20-94.

: The Processor(?) itself says:

: S3 Vision864
: 86C864-P
: 1X27-0001
: 9416 9406095

: How do i fins the Clockchip? what do i look for?

You found it, the SDAC is RAMDAC and Clockchip in one piece.

My suggestion would be to get the XFree86-3.1.1 S3 server, as the
version in XFree86-3.1 had a few bugs when handling the SDAC.

        Dirk

Quote:> SuperProbe tells me:
> Chipset: S3 Vision864
> Memmory: 2048K
> RAMDAC : AT&T 20C492 15/16/18-bid DAC with gamma correction (with 6-bit
>          wide lookuptable (or in 6-bit mod)
> If i look at the DAC-chip. it says:
> S3 SDAC
> 86C716-MG
> 9415 F11388
> (AT&T aren't mentioned at all!)
> How do i fins the Clockchip? what do i look for?
> ...Anyone has a Config that will work with this card?

if you'd read some of your docs (e.g. README.S3) and browse for some
of your magic words (e.g. SDAC) you should find that

        ClockChip "s3_sdac"
        RAMDAC    "s3_sdac"

should be the right thing [tm].

You didn't include your server output (as always plea'd) and didn't mention
you server version, so here one more hint:

for S3 SDAC support you need XFree86 3.1 patchlevel 3 or newer, better get
XFree86 3.1.1 now (at least if you don't yet have pl3).

Harald
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