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Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!yarrina.connect.com.au!werple.apana.org.au!otis.apana.org.au!serval.net.wsu.edu!netnews.nwnet.net!oracle.pnl.gov!osi-east2.es.net!cronkite.nersc.gov!dancer.ca.sandia.gov!overload.lbl.gov!agate!howland.reston.ans.net!news.moneng.mei.com!uwm.edu!news.alpha.net!news.mathworks.com!zombie.ncsc.mil!news.duke.edu!eff!cs.umd.edu!info.usuhs.mil!info.usuhs.mil!not-for-mail From: dobson@info.usuhs.mil (Michael Dobson) Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions Subject: Re: Gateway 2000, NetBSD 1.0, and XFree86 Date: 1 Dec 1994 11:09:46 -0500 Organization: National Naval Medical Center Lines: 24 Message-ID: <3bksga$nst@info.usuhs.mil> References: <8iqrcbW00iVCA6HGs9@andrew.cmu.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: info.usuhs.mil In article <8iqrcbW00iVCA6HGs9@andrew.cmu.edu>, Mark R Sibenac <sibster+@CMU.EDU> wrote: >i just got a gateway 2000 with the STB 864 (S3) pci local bus video and >2megs of memory along with a gateway vivitron 1776 monitor with power >saving options. i installed XFree86 using the S3 driver, but when i run >X, it seems to load ok, but my monitor blanks out (shuts off >automatically since nothing is coming to the screen). when i break out >of X with ctrl-alt-bkspc, the monitor switches back on but the screen is >still blank. i then have to reboot to get a screen back. has anyone >gotten X to work with the gateway hardware? > I having a similar problem on an IBM PS/Value Point with an S3 card that uses the 805 chipset on a VLB card. In my case it's even worse, after the screen goes blank, the entire system locks up, no keyboard input of any kind, even CTRL-ALT-DEL works. I have to power down to reboot. I'm about to try the generic SVGA driver and see if that works. Mike -- LCDR M. Dobson | NetNews Admin info.usuhs.mil Experimental Hematology Dept | dobson@info.usuhs.mil Armed Forces Radiobiology | Research Institute | I don't have enough rank to speak for DoD