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Date:      Thu, 11 Jan 2001 23:08:37 -0800
From:      "Paul M . Lambert" <plambert@plambert.net>
To:        mobile@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Anyone having luck with XFree86 4.0.2 on a Savage/MX (Toshiba Tecra 8100)?
Message-ID:  <20010111230837.D316@pinky.plambert.net>
In-Reply-To: <E0BFB46945D5D411BB590000D11ABE9203335E@btcexc01.btc.adaptec.com>
References:  <E0BFB46945D5D411BB590000D11ABE9203335E@btcexc01.btc.adaptec.com>

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On Thu, 11 Jan 2001, Long, Scott wrote:

> 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

The Savage driver was built correctly, and that's what I was trying to
use.

I grabbed the binary from the page you mention (many thanks to the
author!) and it worked.  I'm going to rebuild with the source (I'm a
bit of a build-from-source snob sometimes) and see how it goes.

--plambert



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