Date: Sun, 27 Dec 2009 09:41:17 -0700 (MST) From: Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com> To: x z <rankshell@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: downgrade xorg to 7.1 Message-ID: <alpine.BSF.2.00.0912270916300.34883@wonkity.com> In-Reply-To: <41b66750912270539i3e71a069xa0524106e913c98b@mail.gmail.com> References: <41b66750912260753v2ac9366dm2c1ebf15a127d686@mail.gmail.com> <alpine.BSF.2.00.0912261228580.30939@wonkity.com> <41b66750912270539i3e71a069xa0524106e913c98b@mail.gmail.com>
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On Sun, 27 Dec 2009, x z wrote: > On Sun, Dec 27, 2009 at 3:39 AM, Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com> wrote: > >> On Sat, 26 Dec 2009, x z wrote: >> >> I would downgrade xorg from 7.4 to 7.1 for display driver. >> >> Why? >> > Because I have a Matrox G550 card which has property driver supported up to > xorg 7.1. I used a couple of G400s which were far past their use-by dates and spent a good deal of effort keeping them going. The alternate 1.9.100 branch of the mga driver was better. It needs patches to build with the current xorg, which I have, but also there are reports of problems after that. Haven't worked on it because I replaced the cards and retired the systems they were in. The equipment is still available, and I may work on it again sometime. My page with information: http://wonkity.com/~wblock/mgapatch/xorg-patch.txt The patches to remove cfb code from 1.9.100 are in that directory now, too, so they don't get lost. You might also try the 1.4.11 version of the driver. I don't know if it's a drop-in replacement for the 1.4.10 in ports, or if it supports your G550: http://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/driver/xf86-video-mga/ If your hardware allows (PC98 and sparc apparently don't), replacing the Matrox with a Radeon makes things much easier. -Warren Block * Rapid City, South Dakota USA
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