From owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Dec 28 12:53:59 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1BC9B106566C for ; Mon, 28 Dec 2009 12:53:59 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rankshell@gmail.com) Received: from mail-px0-f190.google.com (mail-px0-f190.google.com [209.85.216.190]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E21598FC19 for ; Mon, 28 Dec 2009 12:53:58 +0000 (UTC) Received: by pxi28 with SMTP id 28so6931207pxi.7 for ; Mon, 28 Dec 2009 04:53:45 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:in-reply-to:references :date:message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type; bh=wUF327zbEPc5o/pbTJwjyYkjwIkkga059fGvugiMYGY=; b=IbAYByPFDTdM0IbUx9hw1mSRoZI9h7xCz+xO40T4JH3GPBtBJq8eHgYdrwYRqUjkFp ERQxpdYMmsFa2bxUXyEyLnYdiGRaA6YEociEHMLGAMJoFcSCtxjQhimHbG4w+B9cRyjX 2h2rG+j5ONzSsx6rzaJgysox08Ar8wdIpunuc= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type; b=G8u/32KBfUKxsW5ecYyrdRoQ26oK7dxHb+tuEb32kG5tvPv1l4+/9/emgSkANS3oiv 3EdoKF4k8YHxgknKBTmpEXyf7j2WDZQ8iFTMv7HfgPgOVMDEiEoW0kf/Nz0cl26sBpxe 7HlXJV3hcA2HwSyeZH1MkLfaHcV6nSK5jTXRs= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.143.25.29 with SMTP id c29mr10466667wfj.255.1262004824817; Mon, 28 Dec 2009 04:53:44 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: References: <41b66750912260753v2ac9366dm2c1ebf15a127d686@mail.gmail.com> <41b66750912270539i3e71a069xa0524106e913c98b@mail.gmail.com> Date: Mon, 28 Dec 2009 20:53:44 +0800 Message-ID: <41b66750912280453r562a226co80e383eeb87de531@mail.gmail.com> From: x z To: Warren Block Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: downgrade xorg to 7.1 X-BeenThere: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting software to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 28 Dec 2009 12:53:59 -0000 On Mon, Dec 28, 2009 at 12:41 AM, Warren Block wrote: > On Sun, 27 Dec 2009, x z wrote: > > On Sun, Dec 27, 2009 at 3:39 AM, Warren Block 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 > Thank you very much for your information, I would dig into it when I am on free time. The reason why I want to try the proprietary driver is that it seems the open source driver can't reach more than 800x600 resolutions on DVI port