[plug] new linux user

[Brad Campbell]

Len Bird wrote:
> 
> I had a generally similar problem with one of two machines I have
> here, one was a Cyrix 686 @ 134 megs with a Cirrus Video Card, and the
> other is a Pentium 2 @ 350 Mhz with an S-3 Video Card. This latter
> machine was the problem child. I loaded RH-6 into both machines, and
> by default, Gnome/Enlightenment is the X server. It was so bad that I
> could not even begin to describe the peculiar and erratic display
> behaviour, and nobody was likely to be interested anyhow.
> 
> I eventually swapped over the Video Cards so the the Cyrix 686 now has
> the S-3 card, and the Pentium 2 has the Cirrus Logic Card. Both
> machines seem to be happy with this situation.  John Summerfield's
> response to your problem seems to confirm that there is some kind of
> problem with S-3 Video Cards, and I took a hint from a previous
> comment from that source and this prompted me to swap the Video cards
> about.  It should however be bourne in mind that no two hardware
> situations are ever identical.
> 
> I hope this is of some assistance, and wish you the best of luck,
> 
> Regards,  Len Bird

Now that you mention it, I had a problem with an S3, that I 'Solved'
by switching to a different X_Server..
I was using the S3 Server from memory, and I THINK, I switched to the
Generic SVGA Server, and the problem went away..

Also, you could try downloading the latest XFree Server and compile it
up.
I Had to do that for one machine I have with a strange video config,
that
the default servers supplied with Debian don't support.. It's pretty
easy.

I eventually swapped the crappy S3 I had (It was one of those $45
Cheapies)
for a Matrox and completely solved all my display problems..

Brad..