Alan DuBoff wrote: > > > This must have been something else that was causing the problem, since I > > > have just replaced my numbers with yours and they work, as well as the > > > others that I thought didn't work (which work also)...hmmm....and this > > > may have had to do with the Option "UseFBDev", since that was added at > > > some point. > > > > Yes, I can't explain too many times that either that or some other options > > are needed. > > I didn't realize I would need that, I didn't find any information available > on it.
You haven't looked very closely at this list's archive, have you? :) > I was trying to get the Rage 128 driver to work in the first > place, and in fact the reason I took my Pismo to woody, since > woody had XFree86-4. The fbdev driver was really painful on > potato! "UseFBDev" has nothing to do with the fbdev driver. The r128 driver stays fully accelerated with it. > I've always used xf86setup most of the time which seems to have gone, on all architectures BTW > and replaced with xf86cfg, which is much better IMHO. > and xf86Config is gone also... Nope, it's still there (at least upstream) but deprecated by xf86cfg (which can also run in text mode). > > Dunno. If you find something, let us know so we can enhance the programming > > of the FP regs in the driver. :) > > I'll try and dig it up and if I can find anything I'll let you know. I'll > have to ask around, I work with a lot of ex-Apple folks, one of them might > know...like the hardware engineer... Sounds like an opportunity, would be great! -- Earthling Michel Dänzer (MrCooper) \ Debian GNU/Linux (powerpc) developer CS student, Free Software enthusiast \ XFree86 and DRI project member
