[Wolves] error with xfree86

Aquarius wolves at mailman.lug.org.uk
Fri Nov 8 10:31:01 2002


Robert Smith spoo'd forth:
> I am trying to get 'x' to boot on a 166mz IBM cyrix box 32mb RAM
> S3Virge graphics card and a 15" monitor.
> 
> When i try and run 'x' using 'startx' i get the following error
> message 's3v: warning: VerticalRetraceWait timed out(2:3)'
> 
> has anyone got any ideas, any more info needed??

http://www.geocrawler.com/archives/3/4295/2002/6/0/8911147/

This bloke was getting a completely different error, but he was getting
your one as well, and the key thing is that the error wasn't stopping
him running X. I think it's the same for you: that s3v warning is a
*warning*, not an error, and it shouldn't stop X working. I think that
there's something else. You normally get about ninety screens of crap
when you start X from the command line; are you sure that there's not
something else in there that's stopping it from working?

Aq.

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