Brice Ruth wrote:
>
>
> On 1/4/02 10:23 AM, "Kevin Brosius" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > I have the CVS version of XFree86 on a Neomagic chipset here. It runs
> > 1024x768x16 native, and the dga test app ('dga') works fine on it. I
> > haven't tried VMware on it though. How does it fail?
>
> Well, if the DGA test app works, that's a step in the right direction,
> already! VMware fails saying that there are no DGA modes available.
>
> I'd like to avoid having to (a) run a non-RPM of XFree86, since maintenance
> becomes a bit of hassle as I upgrade the OS distro and (b) compile XFree86
> since my laptop is a 266MHz PII with only 128MB RAM, I've done it before,
> but OUCH! So, is there something special in the CVS version that 'fixes' DGA
> or would grabbing the most recent available 4.1 RPM have the same features?
> My personal thought is that my XF86Config was simply off its rocker. It was
> difficult enough to get a working config (at all) after it got screwed up.
>
> I would really, really appreciate any help you might be able to give on
> this!
What does the test app do there? 'man dga' describes how to use it,
it's very basic, just use 'q' to end. Type a few keys, see if the
screen changes color, hit 'b' for a quick benchmark.
(I routinely build X on my 300 Mhz AMD system, so I can understand your
pain ;-) )
--
Kevin
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