Date: Thu, 11 Jan 2001 16:18:11 -0700 From: "Long, Scott" <scott_long@btc.adaptec.com> To: "'Paul M . Lambert '" <plambert@plambert.net>, "'mobile@freebsd.org '" <mobile@freebsd.org> Subject: RE: Anyone having luck with XFree86 4.0.2 on a Savage/MX (Toshiba Tecra 8100)? Message-ID: <E0BFB46945D5D411BB590000D11ABE9203335E@btcexc01.btc.adaptec.com>
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Only recently did the XFree86-4 port actually build the Savage driver. Though I dont' have a Tecra 8100, on my HP Pavillion 5190 w/Savage IX-MV, 4.0.2 worked ok with the standard vesa driver, although it was slow. You might want to check what driver X is actually using. If it is using vesa you might try updating the XFree-4 port and rebuilding, or you can go to http://www.probo.com/timr/savage40.html for a prebuilt driver and/or updated sources from what is in the 4.0.2 distribution. That is what I use and it works great, except for DGA mode which the author acknowledges is experimental. Scott -----Original Message----- From: Paul M . Lambert To: mobile@freebsd.org Sent: 1/11/01 3:05 PM Subject: Anyone having luck with XFree86 4.0.2 on a Savage/MX (Toshiba Tecra 8100)? I'm running out of places to look for information on this, and so I've been reduced to looking here, since I know a lot of the readers of this list have Tecra 8100's. I've seen nothing in the XFree86 mailing lists on these issues. I've built XFree86 4.0.2 from source, and am trying to use the savage driver with my Toshiba Tecra 8100 (a Savage/MX video chip). I'm having all sorts of odd problems. I can get it to come up in 16-bit and look just fine, but clients will dump core a lot: for example, the default xinitrc runs twm, which comes up just fine, but then as soon as I point to a window decoration, it dumps core. xterms will work for a few minutes, and then do the same thing. If I bring the server up in 24-bit or 8-bit modes, it seems to _work_ fine, but the appearance is very broken... hard to describe, but basically the layout is correct (things are located in the correct spots) but the display is very... mottled. Almost speckled. Impossible to use, certainly. Has anyone gotten their Tecra 8100 to work? I'd love to be able to use FreeBSD on this thing and get rid of Windows for good. Thanks for any suggestions and/or help anyone can give. --plambert To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-mobile" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-mobile" in the body of the message
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