Subject: Re: [Fwd: NetBSD WinTV help]
To: Bernd Ernesti <netbsd@arresum.inka.de>
From: None <parisnight@softhome.net>
List: port-i386
Date: 03/21/2002 13:01:19
> On Wed, Mar 20, 2002 at 01:19:10PM +0000, parisnight@softhome.net wrote:
> > 
> > >> Fxtv v1.02 
> > >Could you try a newer fxtv version?
> > >Bernd
> > 
> > Hello,
> > I tried fxtv v1.03 last night (P233 computer) and it acted similar to 1.02
> > in that the screen only refreshes every minute or so and only the top 1/8
> > of the screen refreshes.
> > 
> > This weekend I put the card in a P100 computer and that worked fine even
> > with fxtv v1.02 provided I startx -- -bpp 16 and fxtv -disableDirectV. 
> > With 1.03 it was unecessary to type the -disableDirectV as it correctly
> > determined that direct video was unavailable.  So beautiful.
> > 
> > So there's something fishy about the first computer.  It is an Intel Triton
> > motherboard with Pentium 233MMX and S3Virge DX graphics card.  It only gave
> 
> Hmm, any chance to just try a non S3Virge graphics card?
> Bernd

I substituted the Trio64 which worked on the P100 into the P233 but it
didn't work in the P233.  I've decided to give up getting WinTV to work on
the P233.  Thanks for all of your kind help and I really enjoy NetBSD.

Robert Anderson