Date: Sat, 24 Aug 2002 18:07:05 -0400 From: Scott Lambert <lambert@lambertfam.org> To: Mike Avery <mavery@myrealbox.com>, FreeBSD-Mobile@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: BSD 4.6, X, and Savage IX w/MV woes Message-ID: <20020824220705.GA9746@laptop.lambertfam.org> In-Reply-To: <3D677D40.13121.4FAB070@localhost> References: <3D677D40.13121.4FAB070@localhost>
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On Sat, Aug 24, 2002 at 12:34:08PM -0600, Mike Avery wrote: > I'm trying to get my Toshiba 2755 laptop running with > FreeBSD 4.6. Sadly, I bought this machine before I > was thinking about running FreeBSD on a laptop. That's ok, it will probably work just fine. > In any case, I can't find any drivers that get the > Savage IX w/MV working with X. I've tried all the > reasonable sounding drivers that were included, and so > far all I get is a message that tells me something like, > "it seems the x-setup failed, would you like to try > again". That sounds like the Savage chip that is in my Toshiba 2805 and which has been working perfectly ever since XFree86 4.0.1. Make sure you installed XFree86 4.x and *not* XFree86 3.x. 3.x doesn't work with the Savage IX/MV. BTW, this is an XFree86 issue you are having, it's not FreeBSD's fault. :-) XFree68 will work for you once we get the magic incantations right. Don't dispare. From my /var/log/XFree86.0.log (Check your log file. You may find the cause of your problems in there.) (--) PCI:*(1:0:0) S3 Savage/IX-MV rev 17, Mem @ 0xf0000000/27, BIOS @ 0x000c0000/16 > A check with (sorry) RedHat 7.3 on the machine shows > it thinks the video card is a S3 86C270-294 IX-MV (rev > 11), in case that helps. (Red Hat chokes on the Cisco > PCM340 Card in the laptop. There is no joy in mudville. > While I'd rather have FreeBSD working on the machine, > my main goal is to get Microsoft OFF the machine.) I haven't tried a Cisco card yet. But I've seen reports of success. I wiped Windows off this machine the day after I bought it. > I'd appreciate any pointers, tips, or answers you can > share. I've been rt'ing the fm, and cursing google until > my eyes cross.... so far, no joy. I don't know how different the 2755 is from the 2805, but you might at least want to try snarfing my XFree86 config file from: http://www.LambertFam.org/~lambert/laptop/ Look at some of the other stuff, it may apply to your Toshiba as well. Good luck! -- Scott Lambert KC5MLE Unix SysAdmin lambert@lambertfam.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-mobile" in the body of the message
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