I have a 2M S3 Virge and can do 1152x864x16bpp with Linux and Windows.
QNX only gives me 1280.1024x8bp or 1024x768x16bpp. Can I force
1152x864x16bpp? Also the refresh rate is an awful 60hz and the GUI
configuration does not let me change it to 70hz? Can I force the
refresh rate?
Pat
The S3 driver gets its modes from the card’s BIOS. So you cannot
force it to a different mode.
There will be an updated S3 driver in an upcoming patch that allows
some refresh rate support. This will again depened on the type of
card and BIOS you have. You should be able to get a refresh rate
other than 60 hz.
Patrick Berge <pberge@stny.rr.com> wrote:
I have a 2M S3 Virge and can do 1152x864x16bpp with Linux and Windows.
QNX only gives me 1280.1024x8bp or 1024x768x16bpp. Can I force
1152x864x16bpp? Also the refresh rate is an awful 60hz and the GUI
configuration does not let me change it to 70hz? Can I force the
refresh rate?Pat
mvr@qnx.com wrote:
The S3 driver gets its modes from the card’s BIOS. So you cannot
force it to a different mode.
There will be an updated S3 driver in an upcoming patch that allows
some refresh rate support. This will again depened on the type of
card and BIOS you have. You should be able to get a refresh rate
other than 60 hz.
Cool thank you very much. That old card has served me well for a lot of
years. I will be looking for that QNX patch. QNX is the best OS for old
machines. I have an old 133Mhz AMD 486 which I was thinking of donating.
I had Linux on it and X was drag. Photon is a quick quick and pretty
GUI… something I thought I would never see on 486. QNX makes a great
thin client on ‘obsolete’ hardware. Thanks for a great product.
Pat
Patrick Berge <pberge@stny.rr.com> wrote:
mvr@qnx.com > wrote:
The S3 driver gets its modes from the card’s BIOS. So you cannot
force it to a different mode.
There will be an updated S3 driver in an upcoming patch that allows
some refresh rate support. This will again depened on the type of
card and BIOS you have. You should be able to get a refresh rate
other than 60 hz.Cool thank you very much. That old card has served me well for a lot of
years. I will be looking for that QNX patch. QNX is the best OS for old
machines. I have an old 133Mhz AMD 486 which I was thinking of donating.
I had Linux on it and X was drag. Photon is a quick quick and pretty
GUI… something I thought I would never see on 486. QNX makes a great
thin client on ‘obsolete’ hardware. Thanks for a great product.
There will also be a graphics driver development kit very soon so that
interested third parties can do drivers for some of the hardware we can’t
justify spending manpower on.
Hopefully some of you pick up the ball and make it even better for `obsolete’
hardware.
Hopefully some of you pick up the ball and make it even better for
`obsolete’
hardware.
Since 3D is only supported on Voodoo card and that 3Dfx is getting out of
the video card business, how does that affect 3D Futur in QRTP. ( I’m
guessing
they will take some time before they find company to build card based
on their chipset)?