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sindi keesan wrote:
>
> In BL3 on the DFI S3 Trio32 does not work with Xvesa  
> but it does work with X_SVGA.  

I'm not sure that the SVGA Xserver is right for that card.
I would use the S3 Xserver.

> I tried a Trident PCI card with X_SVGA and it appeared to 
> work until I loaded Opera.  The opening window and the F2 window 
> and the top menu are all black instead of grey background, with 
> black text.  

What color-depth are you using?

> Two more Trident cards and one Trio32 card have the same problem.

In addition to color-depth, there are several other
settings in XF86Config that might be important.  Every
time you change VDU and/or video card, changes may be
necessary in XF86Config.  Getting the perfect setting
for an Xserver is notoriously difficult.  

> The first Trident card works with Xvesa on this computer

Using Xvesa is much simpler than trying to configure an Xserver.

> Avoid X_SVGA on older cards if possible, 

I don't think you can draw that conclusion.  I've had
no problem with X_SVGA on older cards (Cirrus, Trident).
Yes, configuration can be difficult, but X_SVGA does 
work on old hardware.

Cheers,
Steven