From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Oct 7 6:47:11 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DA2C837B401 for ; Mon, 7 Oct 2002 06:47:08 -0700 (PDT) Received: from galilee.polands.org (new-24-208-57-240.new.rr.com [24.208.57.240]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7C9C843E75 for ; Mon, 7 Oct 2002 06:47:07 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from doug@polands.org) Received: from mydomain.com (babylon.polands.org [172.16.1.16]) by galilee.polands.org (8.12.5/8.12.5) with SMTP id g97Dl3Zt016613; Mon, 7 Oct 2002 08:47:04 -0500 (CDT) (envelope-from doug@polands.org) Received: from 63.104.35.130 (proxying for 164.5.45.35) (SquirrelMail authenticated user djp) by babylon.polands.org with HTTP; Mon, 7 Oct 2002 08:47:05 -0500 (CDT) Message-ID: <35882.63.104.35.130.1033998425.squirrel@babylon.polands.org> Date: Mon, 7 Oct 2002 08:47:05 -0500 (CDT) Subject: Re: Savage 2000 (Diamond Viper Chipset) problems on X From: "Doug Poland" To: In-Reply-To: <024b01c26d82$43e2ac60$24475292@east.frontiercorp.com> References: <3DA06EDA.2050604@math.missouri.edu> <016e01c26d60$1c1dd3c0$24475292@east.frontiercorp.com> <20021006212040.GA10242@galilee.polands.org> <024b01c26d82$43e2ac60$24475292@east.frontiercorp.com> X-Priority: 3 Importance: Normal X-MSMail-Priority: Normal Cc: , X-Mailer: SquirrelMail (version 1.2.7) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Todd Robinson said: > I suspect it is because there were two versions of the card and > mine is the older of the two with the Diamond Viper II chipset. I > have another card, a Number Nine with the Savage chipset, that > works great with the savage driver on an identical system (except > for the video card). > > I don't suppose there are any Diamond Viper II users out there? > The box mine came in says Diamond Viper II all over it. -- Regards, Doug > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Doug Poland" > To: "Todd Robinson" > Cc: > Sent: Sunday, October 06, 2002 5:20 PM > Subject: Re: Savage 2000 (Diamond Viper Chipset) problems on X > > >> On Sun, Oct 06, 2002 at 01:45:07PM -0400, Todd Robinson wrote: >> > Having a mind-bender of a time with a S3 Savage 2000 video >> card. >> > >> > The problem is that XFree86 4.2.0_1,1 does not seem to have >> drivers that work for this card. >> > >> > Previously the same card (also not working with the Savage >> 2000 drivers) worked great with the Diamond Viper II driver. I >> have used this card for > a >> > few years and I have continued to use it because it never >> failed to work with XFree86 before, but this has me stumped. >> > >> > I've searched thru the news groups (where this mail list is >> mirrored) > and >> > have not been able to get things going. If anyone has any tips >> or has > gotten >> > either this card, or a Diamond Viper II to run on this XFree >> version any advice would be more than welcome! >> > >> Works for me (accelerated). >> >> # XFree86 -version >> >> XFree86 Version 4.2.0 / X Window System >> (protocol Version 11, revision 0, vendor release 6600) >> Release Date: 18 January 2002 >> Build Operating System: FreeBSD 4.5 i386 [ELF] >> Module Loader present >> >> # uname -a >> FreeBSD sheba.polands.org 4.6-STABLE FreeBSD 4.6-STABLE #0: Sun >> Jun 16 > 07:05:58 >> CDT 2002 root@babylon.polands.org:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/PCI >> i386 >> >> # dmesg | grep -i s3 >> pci1: at 0.0 irq 11 >> >> # dmesg | grep -i agp >> pcib1: at device >> 1.0 on > pci0 >> >> # grep -C3 savage /etc/XF86Config >> >> Section "Device" >> Identifier "S3-Savage2000" >> Driver "savage" >> ChipSet "Savage2000" >> Card "S3 Savage2000" >> EndSection >> >> Let me know if you want to see my XF86Config file >> >> -- >> Regards, >> Doug >> >> >> To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org >> with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message >> > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message