Date: Tue, 08 Jan 2008 13:53:35 -0800 From: "Kevin Oberman" <oberman@es.net> To: Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com> Cc: Randy Pratt <bsd-unix@embarqmail.com>, x11@freebsd.org, Florent Thoumie <flz@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: x11-drivers/xf86-video-mga: current issues Message-ID: <20080108215335.03F404500E@ptavv.es.net> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Thu, 13 Dec 2007 11:04:56 MST." <20071213105120.U6078@wonkity.com>
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--==_Exmh_1199829215_77341P Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline > Date: Thu, 13 Dec 2007 11:04:56 -0700 (MST) > From: Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com> > Sender: owner-freebsd-x11@freebsd.org > > On Thu, 13 Dec 2007, Randy Pratt wrote: > > > On Wed, 12 Dec 2007 13:17:22 +0000 > > "Florent Thoumie" <flz@FreeBSD.org> wrote: > > > >> Can I have confirmation from a couple people that the patch from > >> ports/117726 actually solves most (if not all) problems with the mga > >> driver? > > > > I've been using the xf86-video-mga-1.4.7,1 from that PR for awhile > > now and it performs like previous versions. I can't use the version > > presently in the tree for reasons discussed on this mailing list: > > > > http://docs.freebsd.org/cgi/mid.cgi?20071103180058.1c1bd333.bsd-unix > > http://docs.freebsd.org/cgi/mid.cgi?20071103114415.7d910c32.bsd-unix > > > > I did try to fuss with the xf86-video-mga-1.9.100 using xrandr and such > > and did manage to get a resolution my eyes could live with but mplayer > > would only display a blue screen in its window. This version certainly > > didn't work out-of-the-box for me. > > > > I'm in favor of the patched version from ports/117726 but there was > > some discussion of having both versions in the tree since the newer > > version seemed to have solved some dual-head issues for others. > > They'll have to speak up regarding those though since I can't readily > > find the list references. > > Last I tried 1.4.7, dualhead did not work at all. Single monitor setups > were okay. > > Has anyone who had problems with 1.9.100 contacted Tilman Sauerbeck or > put a bug report on bugs.freedesktop.org? It would be nice to see this > problem fixed so we could all be running the same version. > > -Warren Block * Rapid City, South Dakota USA Amen! Now that I have rolled back(?) to 1.9.100 and my dual screen system is back to normal. This should teach me to read mail BEFORE upgrading ports when I have been off-line for a couple of weeks. Thanks for your work on this, Warren (and flz). -- R. Kevin Oberman, Network Engineer Energy Sciences Network (ESnet) Ernest O. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) E-mail: oberman@es.net Phone: +1 510 486-8634 Key fingerprint:059B 2DDF 031C 9BA3 14A4 EADA 927D EBB3 987B 3751 --==_Exmh_1199829215_77341P Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.7 (FreeBSD) Comment: Exmh version 2.5 06/03/2002 iD8DBQFHg/Dekn3rs5h7N1ERAt8rAJ9avDRJl1bje7vMCKm9M5FBVT5heQCeKmJJ xGdDCGnpGvJX8n1o1CCq8WI= =WxwY -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --==_Exmh_1199829215_77341P--
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