unsupported video card

Nader de Sousa Amadeu nader at chemie.fu-berlin.de
Wed Apr 13 11:20:49 PDT 2005


Hi all,
I have an ELSA Winner 1000 Trio/V Video card, which is unsupported
by FreeBSD. I configured X11, ran and the screen was top-half black
and button-half with fvwm. I believe it is due to the video card incompatibility.
Is there anything I could try about it?
Thanks in advance,
nader

Video Card: Elsa Winner 1000Trio/V
Monitor: Yakumo Model No PS1764

My XF86Config is bellow:


Section "Module"
    Load        "dbe"  	# Double buffer extension
    SubSection  "extmod"
      Option    "omit xfree86-dga"   # don't initialise the DGA extension
    EndSubSection
    Load        "type1"
    Load        "speedo"
    Load        "freetype"
EndSection

Section "Files"
    RgbPath	"/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/rgb"
    FontPath   "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/local/"
    FontPath   "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc/"
    FontPath   "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/:unscaled"
    FontPath   "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/:unscaled"
    FontPath   "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Speedo/"
    FontPath   "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Type1/"
    FontPath   "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/"
    FontPath   "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/"
EndSection

Section "ServerFlags"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
    Identifier	"Keyboard1"
    Driver	"Keyboard"
    Option "AutoRepeat" "500 30"
    Option "XkbRules"	"xfree86"
    Option "XkbModel"	"pc101"
    Option "XkbLayout"	"us"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
    Identifier	"Mouse1"
    Driver	"mouse"
    Option "Protocol"    "SysMouse"
    Option "Device"      "/dev/sysmouse"
    Option "Emulate3Buttons"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
    Identifier  "yakumo"
    HorizSync   82000 
    VertRefresh 100 
EndSection

Section "Device"
    Identifier	"Standard VGA"
    VendorName	"Unknown"
    BoardName	"Unknown"
    Driver     "vga"
EndSection

Section "Device"
    Identifier  "ELSA WINNER 1000 Trio/V 2M"
    Driver      "vga"
	# unsupported card
    #VideoRam    2048
    # Insert Clocks lines here if appropriate
EndSection

Section "Screen"
    Identifier  "Screen 1"
    Device      "elsa winner 2M"
    Monitor     "yakumo"
    DefaultDepth 8

    Subsection "Display"
        Depth       8
        Modes       "640x480"
        ViewPort    0 0
    EndSubsection
    Subsection "Display"
        Depth       16
        Modes       "640x480"
        ViewPort    0 0
    EndSubsection
    Subsection "Display"
        Depth       24
        Modes       "640x480"
        ViewPort    0 0
    EndSubsection
EndSection

Section "ServerLayout"
    Identifier  "Simple Layout"
    Screen "Screen 1"
    InputDevice "Mouse1" "CorePointer"
    InputDevice "Keyboard1" "CoreKeyboard"
EndSection





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