Subject: Re: XF86 config help -- Diamond w/ S3 Savage 4
To: None <thorpej@zembu.com>
From: None <itojun@iijlab.net>
List: port-i386
Date: 07/23/2000 12:27:50
>I'm setting up a new machine for someone, and the machine has a
>Diamond Multimedia AGP graphics card which the NetBSD kernel reports
>has an S3 Savage 4 graphics chip.
>
>According to XF86, this would be a Diamond Multimedia Stealth 2000 3D
>(or something like that :-)
>
>Unfortunately, I can't get XF86 to work on the thing, even in a basic
>mode like 1024x768x8bpp.  The X server starts, puts the monitor into
>a totally whacked mode, and then the machine is effectively wedged,
>as far as I can tell.
>
>Can anyone help me out w/ an XF86 config file for this card?

	Savage chipset seems to need special code for it.  current supports are:
	- XF86 3.3.6 has linux-only support in it,
	- XF86 4.0 has similar one, and
	- XAccel 5 (commercial one) has beta plugin driver
	I have tested the last option with Savage IX8 (Thinkpad T20), on
	top of FreeBSD emulation, it works fine modulo screen crash on
	suspend/resume.

itojun