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to: Sergey.D..Olimpiev
from: Joe Barr
date: 2003-01-31 11:30:18
subject: Re: S3 Savage4 and Linux Mandrake 7.2

From: "Joe Barr" 


Can you post both your XF86-Config (usually in /etc/X11) and the error
messages at start?












On Fri, 31 Jan 2003 20:05:58 +0000, Sergey. wrote:

> Hello, All! How are you doing?
>
> Does anyone know how can I set up the video card S3 Savage4 so that it
> could work properly in Lunux Mandrake 7.2 (8.0)? Now it is working only in
> console but GUI can't be loaded. If it is needed I can show what's exactly
> happening after entering the command *startx* in a command-line.
>
> This is a usual problem for Mandrake and S3 video cards, I know.  But
> there was a time when I even got rid of the problem and I even saw X
> Window ran on a system with that video card. :) But unfortunately I don't
> remember how did I do that. If somebody has  already  set it up then
> don't keep that  useful information, place it here.
>
> --
> Sincerely,                                   http://scorpion.nightmail.ru
> Sergey.                                      mailto:scorpion{at}nightmail.ru
>
>
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