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 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-mobile" in the body of the message
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