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  From: Benjamin Close <linux@senet.com.au>
  To  : Patrick Fitzhenry <patrick@box.net.au>
  Date: Tue, 29 Jun 1999 15:36:54 +0930 (CST)

Re: xf86 display problem

On Mon, 28 Jun 1999, Patrick Fitzhenry wrote:

> I'm a new user and have installed RH 6.0. I've got x working but I have
> 2 problems that I've run out of ideas for.
> I have a diamond stealth 3d 4000 vid card and a philips 107s monitor.
> Prob 1
> I've got 2 images side by side effectively splitting my screen in 2.
> I've tried inserting Option "Diamond" into xf86config but it didn't seem
> to do anything. Neither did using xvidtune. Now I'm stuck
> Prob 2
> when I move the windows around the images on them smudge and stay like
> that. I haven't got a clue.
> Can anyone please help.

Hi, which X server are you running? (do: ls -l /etc/X11/X and it's
the XF86_****** part)

The diamond 3d 400 requires the the SVGA server (it uses the S3 ViRGE/GX2
chipset).

You may be running the s3 server.
Let me know which one your running and I'll guide you through fixing it.

Cheers,	
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* Benjamin Close
* Benjsc@senet.com.au
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