Subject: Re: XF86 config help -- Diamond w/ S3 Savage 4
To: None <itojun@iijlab.net>
From: Piter G Oseneff <oseneff@sitek.net>
List: port-i386
Date: 07/23/2000 23:12:16
Unfortunately, it seems that the current implementation of XFee86 3.3.6 in NetBSD does not allow
you to run X on an Savage4 based video card due to ...I wonder why :)

itojun@iijlab.net (itojun@iijlab.net) wrote:
> 
> >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
> 

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Petr G Osenev  	
System Administrator , SITEK ITSP