I suspect it is because there were two versions of the card and mine is the older of the two with the Diamond Viper II chipset. I have another card, a Number Nine with the Savage chipset, that works great with the savage driver on an identical system (except for the video card).
I don't suppose there are any Diamond Viper II users out there? ----- Original Message ----- From: "Doug Poland" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Todd Robinson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, October 06, 2002 5:20 PM Subject: Re: Savage 2000 (Diamond Viper Chipset) problems on X > On Sun, Oct 06, 2002 at 01:45:07PM -0400, Todd Robinson wrote: > > Having a mind-bender of a time with a S3 Savage 2000 video card. > > > > The problem is that XFree86 4.2.0_1,1 does not seem to have drivers that > > work for this card. > > > > Previously the same card (also not working with the Savage 2000 drivers) > > worked great with the Diamond Viper II driver. I have used this card for a > > few years and I have continued to use it because it never failed to work > > with XFree86 before, but this has me stumped. > > > > I've searched thru the news groups (where this mail list is mirrored) and > > have not been able to get things going. If anyone has any tips or has gotten > > either this card, or a Diamond Viper II to run on this XFree version any > > advice would be more than welcome! > > > Works for me (accelerated). > > # XFree86 -version > > XFree86 Version 4.2.0 / X Window System > (protocol Version 11, revision 0, vendor release 6600) > Release Date: 18 January 2002 > Build Operating System: FreeBSD 4.5 i386 [ELF] > Module Loader present > > # uname -a > FreeBSD sheba.polands.org 4.6-STABLE FreeBSD 4.6-STABLE #0: Sun Jun 16 07:05:58 > CDT 2002 [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/PCI i386 > > # dmesg | grep -i s3 > pci1: <S3 model 9102 graphics accelerator> at 0.0 irq 11 > > # dmesg | grep -i agp > pcib1: <VIA 8363 (Apollo KT133) PCI-PCI (AGP) bridge> at device 1.0 on pci0 > > # grep -C3 savage /etc/XF86Config > > Section "Device" > Identifier "S3-Savage2000" > Driver "savage" > ChipSet "Savage2000" > Card "S3 Savage2000" > EndSection > > Let me know if you want to see my XF86Config file > > -- > Regards, > Doug > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
