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[sindi keesan <keesan AT sdf.lonestar.org>]

X_S3 for SW4.0 does not work in Opera (black on black text) with S3 Trio64 
(or Trio32), and X_SVGA server has the same problem with Trio32 or Trident 
cards, in two computers, with BL3.  In one of these computers (DFI) rxvt 
and icewm display barcode instead of text with BL2 X_SVGA but not with BL3 
X_SVGA, but Opera is not usable with X_SVGA.

Xvesa works in one of these computers (Gateway) with the Trident card (and 
probably also the S3 cards).  Xvesa works in the other computer ((DFI) 
only if you bypass startup files.  Xvesa has no problems with Opera.

BL3 X-Vesa does not work on our laptops.  X_SVGA does, with modified 
dot-clocks.

To use Opera on the DFI the choices are to bypass startup files and use 
Xvesa (or if you don't need DOS have no startup files, or use lilo), or 
use BL2, or upgrade all the X libraries and icewm and don't use 
MagicPoint.

Trident cards work fine in Win98.  The Gateway works fine with a normal 
modem in DOS and linux.  In Win98 it keeps thinking Com1 is Com2 and vice 
versa and no modem works including 2 winmodems.  We are about to force our 
friends to go online with Linux, but let them use Excel on the other 
drive.  Their drive won't boot Windows anyway, we had to replace it but it 
will do linux from loadlin. (The 'computer' was given to them and would 
not go on.  It smoked.  We replaced motherboard, power supply, video sound 
modem and hard drive, but the Gateway floppy and CD-ROM drives and RAM are 
okay).  Opera is now working okay in BL3 with Xvesa and Trident card.
On a 170MB drive, boots much faster than WIn98 from a faster drive.

They are interested in photo editing and spreadsheet.  I put on sc and xv 
and netpbm.  Also in sound, but I am not getting into that yet on this 
slow drive.

keesan AT sdf.lonestar.org
SDF Public Access UNIX System - http://sdf.lonestar.org