[CentOS] [Fwd: Problems with two S3 video devices.]

Thu Jan 10 08:56:23 UTC 2008
ArcosCom Linux User <linux at arcoscom.com>

That were the solution!.

I substitute the S3 by an NVIDIA (older too) and works fine (with some
xorg.conf changes).

Regards

El Mie, 2 de Enero de 2008, 16:36, John R Pierce escribió:
>
>> Hi, I'm having problems in an old PC with 2 S3 video devices.
>>
>
> (s3 Virge/DX and a s3 Trio 368)
>
> This is from rusty memory, those cards are way over 10 years old, but
> I'm recalling that there were HARDWARE design problems that prevented
> two of those cards from coexisting in the same system, there were VGA
> static resource mappings for memory and IO ports that couldn't be
> completely disabled.
>
> rather than waste hours on ancient junk that didn't work right when new,
> get some cheap generic ATI cards, even old ATI Rage cards will work way
> better than thoe S3 things ever did.  There's a very good reason S3 is
> long out of business, they designed junk.
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