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From: Lucio de Re lucio@pro...
Subject: [9fans] Diamond Stealth 3D 2000 PCI (S3/Virge)
Date: Tue, 07 Jul 1998 06:49:31 +0200

According to forsyth@cal... :
> 
> here is the vgadb entry i use with two variants of virge-based chips:
> 
> ctlr
> 	0xC0043="Stealth 3D 3000"		# Diamond Stealth 3D 3000/3400
> 	0xC004B="S3 Virge/DX"			# Video Excel
> 	link=vga
> 	hwgc=s3hwgc
> 	ctlr=virge linear=1
> 
I tried this with minor adjustments, but the results were 
disappointing: the screen flashed briefly a narrow band, over the text 
screen, then left the text screen unchanged.  Mouse and keyboard were 
still functional, but of course I could see only diagnostic messages.

> if your aux/vga source hasn't got a file virge.c, you need to
> fetch a more recent aux/vga boddle.
> 
I'm now as up to date, VGA-wise, as the Lucent server permits :-) but 
without much joy.  The board has only the S3 ViRGE/DX chip, EPROM and 
2Meg of RAM on it, with sockets for an additional 2Meg.  Has anyone 
gotten such a thing to work?

The board operates nicely under XFree86 3.3.2.

Thanks, all.

++L