From owner-freebsd-stable Tue Aug 11 17:30:26 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id RAA08377 for freebsd-stable-outgoing; Tue, 11 Aug 1998 17:30:26 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from bamboo.verinet.com (bamboo.verinet.com [204.144.246.3]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id RAA08303 for ; Tue, 11 Aug 1998 17:30:12 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from allenc@verinet.com) Received: from struct. (tulip1.verinet.com [199.45.181.193]) by bamboo.verinet.com (8.8.8/8.7.1) with ESMTP id SAA08497; Tue, 11 Aug 1998 18:29:47 -0600 Received: from verinet.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by struct. (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id SAA03797; Tue, 11 Aug 1998 18:28:47 -0600 (MDT) (envelope-from allenc@verinet.com) Message-ID: <35D0E1BF.3CF787D8@verinet.com> Date: Tue, 11 Aug 1998 18:28:47 -0600 From: Allen Campbell X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.5b1 [en] (X11; I; FreeBSD 2.2.7-STABLE i386) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: garycor@home.com CC: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: XF86_SVGA hangs 2.2.7-STABLE References: <35CFB92F.F2A23952@home.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Gary T. Corcoran wrote: > > Dexnation Holodream wrote: > > > > On Mon, 10 Aug 1998, Jeff Kletsky wrote: > > > > [*snip*] > > > > > Any suggestions? > > > (other than stick with what works ;-) > > > > Try using the right server? (XF86_S3) > > I know it's counter-intuitive, but the XF86_SVGA server is > NOT just a "super VGA" (800x600) server. It's actually the more > advanced X server for some of the chips, including the S3 chips. > Check the docs for the details... > > Gary > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message Although this is the case, the SVGA driver is quite a bit newer and, as documented, not as stable as the S3 driver when used in this way. How much could it take to try it out? -- Allen Campbell allenc@verinet.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message