DRM/DRI in STABLE

2006-10-01 Thread Charles P. Schaum
Hi, Just had a question about DRI/DRM using the Intel i915 module on an 845G. Using fullscreen modes that have a resolution different from the display at startup can cause the xserver to halt and restart. This actually happened more under 6.1 STABLE than 6.2-PRE. After building world I can usuall

Thanks

2006-09-15 Thread Charles P. Schaum
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PC-BSD and DesktopBSD compared to FreeBSD

2006-09-14 Thread Charles P. Schaum
A note on PC-BSD and DesktopBSD as compared to my -STABLE experiences: -STABLE works best. First, PC-BSD will panic under more conditions than -RELEASE, -STABLE or DesktopBSD. I did some monkeying around and found that to be true, especially with older boxes. Second, DesktopBSD works better than P

Thanks!

2006-09-13 Thread Charles P. Schaum
In the midst of bugs and issues, to which I can empathize and relate, I wish to offer thanks for all your hard work. My history: In late 03 my one computer died hot death. I built a new one after a quick parts dash. With new parts, Windows would still eventually die. Drivers were unstable. Not fun

Re: Broken loader in STABLE

2006-09-08 Thread Charles P. Schaum
> CFLAGS= -O2 -pipe -funroll-loops -ffast-math I had used similar optimizations soon after going from 6.1-RELEASE to 6-STABLE and discovered it was a bad idea. Using -O -pipe has since stood me in good stead. The system is by no means sluggish, even on a cut-rate build-on-a-budget machine. I expe