Re: can't detect device (savage S3 Savage4)

2002-09-03 Thread Burkhard Ritter
On Sun, 1 Sep 2002, boud wrote: > Hi again, >OK, thanks to those who said i needed to install > xserver-xfree86. :) i took the plunge into dselect, discovered the "/" > key to search for packages, and now i think it's installed OK. And i > know more than i did before about apt-get & dselect &

can't detect device (savage S3 Savage4)

2002-09-01 Thread boud
Hi again, OK, thanks to those who said i needed to install xserver-xfree86. :) i took the plunge into dselect, discovered the "/" key to search for packages, and now i think it's installed OK. And i know more than i did before about apt-get & dselect & Debian package installation management. Bu

Re: S3 Savage4

2001-11-22 Thread nate
Paulo Henrique Baptista de Oliveira said: > > Hi all, > I installed Debian Potato in a AMD Duron 800 Mhz and xserver-svga > and related packages. I did a SuperProbe command and the following > returned: > > First video: Super-VGA > Chipset: S3

S3 Savage4

2001-11-22 Thread Paulo Henrique Baptista de Oliveira
Hi all, I installed Debian Potato in a AMD Duron 800 Mhz and xserver-svga and related packages. I did a SuperProbe command and the following returned: First video: Super-VGA Chipset: S3 Savage4 (PCI Probed) Memory: 32768 Kbytes RAMDAC: Generic 8

Re: Is S3 Savage4 video supported?

2001-05-14 Thread Michael B. Taylor
On Mon, May 14, 2001 at 01:57:17PM -0700, Lars Jensen wrote: > Is the S3 Savage4 video card supported in Debian potato? Or is there any > way of making it work? > > Thanks for any help. > I got one of these to play. Use the SVGA server. According to the docs, the card is v

Is S3 Savage4 video supported?

2001-05-14 Thread Lars Jensen
Is the S3 Savage4 video card supported in Debian potato? Or is there any way of making it work? Thanks for any help. Lars. %%% Lars Jensen, Truckee Meadows Community College, Reno NV 89512-3999. Tel: 775.673.7113 E-mail

S3 Savage4 GT C86C395

2001-04-09 Thread dim
ver for C86C395 named as for "S3 Savage4 Pro+", not for "S3 Savage4 GT". Maybe it is a problem? These cards have different properties. "S3 Savage4 Pro+" was autodetected by RedHat 7.0 installer. We didn't try to change it. Help us, plea

Re: Help: S3 Savage4

2000-10-22 Thread csj
Maybe it's because you're using woody. Potatoes should be more edible :) On Sun, 22 Oct 2000, Chris Gray wrote: > OK. I've installed woody on my home system and set up X with the SVGA > server and it works fine, but I still have the same problem I had under > slink: when I exit the Xserver in an

Re: Help: S3 Savage4

2000-10-21 Thread Erik Steffl
well, I'd go and get some 'well-defined' video card... you might want to try to disable the various advanced features (acceleration etc...)... is the chip autodetected? if it is and it still does not work that you might be out of luck. if you specify the exact chip somewhere you might want

Re: Help: S3 Savage4

2000-10-21 Thread Chris Gray
Yes. The vga16 server works fine; it starts and shuts down without crashing the system. Only the svga server crashes at shut down. I've also discovered that I can change window managers without crashing. Chris On Sat, 21 Oct 2000, Erik Steffl wrote: > you might want to try the vga16 server,

Re: Help: S3 Savage4

2000-10-21 Thread Erik Steffl
you might want to try the vga16 server, just to see if the same behaviour occurs when only basic vga functionality is used, I think that most cards work with this server fine... it's not a long term solution, of course... erik Chris Gray wrote: > > OK. I've installed woody on my home

Help: S3 Savage4

2000-10-21 Thread Chris Gray
OK. I've installed woody on my home system and set up X with the SVGA server and it works fine, but I still have the same problem I had under slink: when I exit the Xserver in any way (Alt+Ctl+F#, Alt+Ctl+Backspace, Logout, Restart the window manager) the screen goes black with the click of the v