From owner-freebsd-mobile Sat Aug 24 15: 7:21 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.FreeBSD.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0474A37B400 for ; Sat, 24 Aug 2002 15:07:17 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mail.lambertfam.org (www.lambertfam.org [216.223.196.6]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7450243E3B for ; Sat, 24 Aug 2002 15:07:16 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from lambert@lambertfam.org) Received: from localhost.localdomain (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by localhost.inch.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 538AD35132; Sat, 24 Aug 2002 18:03:59 -0400 (EDT) Received: from laptop.lambertfam.org (laptop.int.lambertfam.org [10.1.0.2]) by mail.lambertfam.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4F151350BF; Sat, 24 Aug 2002 18:03:54 -0400 (EDT) Received: by laptop.lambertfam.org (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 6C10028B09; Sat, 24 Aug 2002 18:07:05 -0400 (EDT) Date: Sat, 24 Aug 2002 18:07:05 -0400 From: Scott Lambert To: Mike Avery , FreeBSD-Mobile@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: BSD 4.6, X, and Savage IX w/MV woes Message-ID: <20020824220705.GA9746@laptop.lambertfam.org> Reply-To: FreeBSD-Mobile@FreeBSD.org Mail-Followup-To: FreeBSD-Mobile@FreeBSD.org References: <3D677D40.13121.4FAB070@localhost> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <3D677D40.13121.4FAB070@localhost> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4i Sender: owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org 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