STB 4400

[rmela at shore.net (Robert Mela)]

I also needed XF86 3.3.3 for my S3 Virge laptop.  I downloaded all the files off
the XF86 site and got everything installed and working pretty well.

But then I wanted to try KDE and SuSE 6.0.  It comes with 3.3 -- and did a better
job of the install than I did.

And BTW, I'm absolutely in love with KDE -- I'm finding that I only use the
command line for scripting and coding.  Most other stuff is really easy to do just
clicking in KDE.  I admit I found gnome requires some time to get installed and
running, and I've had it half installed for about two weeks now.


I think Caldera also just
Glenn Burkhardt wrote:

> You need the 3.3.3 edition of XF86.  You'll have to pull it down off an ftp
> site, e.g., ftp.xfree86.org or ftp.varesearch.com/pub/mirrors/xfree86
>
> Here's an excerpt from README.NVIDIA:
> ===============================================================================
>
>  Information for NVidia NV1 / SGS-Thomson STG2000, Riva 128 and Riva TNT Users
>
>                            David McKay, Dirk Hohndel
>
>                                 5 November 1998
>
> 1.  Supported hardware
>
> This driver supports good acceleration for both the NV1/STG2000 as well as the
> Riva128. It is known to work on PCI and AGP versions of the Riva128.  The Riva
> TNT was added to this driver and is not yet as well accelerated as it could be.
> Still, the server is very usable.
>
> ===============================================================================
>
> There are binary distributions available (recommended).  Be sure to pull down
> everything - you'll have to update the libraries as well, not just the X
> server (or you're taking your life in your hands).
>
> The update procedure is pretty straight forward - there are scripts included
> to do it.
>
> Congratulations on being part of the bleeding edge....
>
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