Subject: Re: S3 Savage MX support
To: None <itojun@iijlab.net>
From: Soren S. Jorvang <soren@wheel.dk>
List: source-changes
Date: 07/26/2000 02:07:54
On Tue, Jul 25, 2000 at 11:13:46PM +0900, itojun@iijlab.net wrote:
> >http://newsletter.toshiba-tro.de/netbsd/machines/6-Tecra-8100/XF86_SVGA.gz.
>
> I've tested this with ThinkPad T20 (1024x768 screen). It works fine,
> as long as I do not suspend the machine, or I do not switch wscons
> window.
> - If I suspend the machine and resume it, screen mildly crashes.
> it will not recover even if I exit X11. the console crashes too and
> never recovers unless I reboot.
> - if I switch wscons window while I'm on X11 screen, I cannot come back
> to X11 screen.
> do you have such experience with Tecra8100?
The Tecra 8100 has a Savage MX, and yes, it has the same problems.
There are fixes for these problems to the very similar Virge MX in
the XFree86 4 (CVS) s3_virge driver.
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Soren