S3 Savage KM133 Video Probs

[Paul Dubinsky]

Thanks, Peter. Perfect and just what I needed. Now I have resolutions far 
beyond what I can use.

Paul

At 12:05 PM 2/16/2004, you wrote:

>On Mon, Feb 16, 2004 at 11:46:10AM -0500, Paul Dubinsky wrote:
> > I just installed FC1 on a new machine that has an onboard S3 Savage KM133
> >...<




>Try putting Option "UseBIOS" "off" in the device section of your
>/etc/X11/XF86Config
>
>Like this:
>
>
>Section "Device"
>         Identifier  "Videocard0"
>         Driver      "savage"
>         VendorName  "Videocard vendor"
>         BoardName   "S3 ProSavage KM133"
>         Option      "UseBIOS" "off"
>EndSection
>
>We  have a couple of Shuttle SK41G with an S3 Savage KM133 video and
>this did the trick for me.
>
>Before I did this any time X started (except for 640X480) I'd get a
>signal from the video card out of the range of any of my monitors.
>
>I found this trick somewhere in a posting in the goggle Usenet
>archives.
>
>Peter Barker
>Charles E. Schmidt College of Science
>Florida Atlantic University
>
>
>
>
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