Date: Sun, 7 Jun 1998 11:57:16 -0700 (PDT) From: Gary Kline <kline@tera.com> To: dag-erli@ifi.uio.no (Dag-Erling Coidan =?iso-8859-1?Q?Sm=F8rgrav?=) Cc: kline@tera.com, malte@webmore.com, kline@thought.org, stable@FreeBSD.ORG, questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: X11 problem? Message-ID: <199806071857.LAA13533@athena.tera.com> In-Reply-To: <xzp90n946ed.fsf@hrotti.ifi.uio.no> from "Dag-Erling Coidan [Sm_rgrav]" at "Jun 7, 98 04:45:46 pm"
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According to Dag-Erling Coidan [Sm_rgrav]: > Gary Kline <kline@tera.com> writes: > > Anyhow, back to the W32 problem, one of the XFree86 people > > tells me that the W32 server has known flaws. ((I read some > > of them. This one may not have been reported until now.)) > > If you're running XFree86 3.3.x, you should probably consider using > the SVAG server instead of the W32 server: > > <URL:file:/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/doc/README.tseng> > > The SVGA driver for ET4000 chipsets supports all color depths (8, 15, 16, 24 > and 24 bpp) on most ET4000 chips starting with the ET4000W32i. The ET4000W32 > only supports 8bpp. Depending on the RAMDAC and the support code in the SVGA > server, some cards may only support a few of these color depths, or even only > 8bpp. > > <URL:file:/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/doc/README.W32> > > XF86_W32 gets phased out, now that the SVGA server with XAA acceleration is at > least as fast as the W32 server but supports more cards and for some even > higher color depths. For details about using the XF86_SVGA with W32 cards, look > below. Note that currently not all cards that are accelerated by XF86_W32 are > accelerated by XF86_SVGA at this moment (only ET6000 and ET4000W32p to be > exact). > Thanks. I wasn't clear on this until your posting encouraged me to take an hour or two and _try_ it. I've got a Cardex Challenger Pro and the latest SVGA driver does work! xvidtune has tweaked the display and it looks nice. I've already ordered ``Jordan's Pick'', the Matrox Millennium---figured that three years is worth a card upgrade. Maybe the Matrox with 4M will let me go to 1280x1024. For now, one step closer to being done upgrading. gary To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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