[Xpert]Cyrix MediaGX not working with 4.0.3

2002-05-02 Thread Charles Bradshaw
Hello I am running RedHat 7.1 Kernal 2.4.2-2 and XFree 4.0.3 on a Cyrix GCT-MGXm mother board having CX5510 and Cx5520 chip sets. I have working Cyrix MediaGX but only using XF86_SVGA which seems to support only depth 8 at 640x480. If I add Driver "cyrix" in my Device section I get the following

Re: [Xpert]Cyrix MediaGX not working with 4.0.3

2002-05-02 Thread Dr Andrew C Aitchison
On Thu, 2 May 2002, Charles Bradshaw wrote: > Hello > > I am running RedHat 7.1 Kernal 2.4.2-2 and XFree 4.0.3 on a Cyrix > GCT-MGXm mother board having CX5510 and Cx5520 chip sets. > > I have working Cyrix MediaGX but only using XF86_SVGA which seems to > support only depth 8 at 640x480. > If

Re: [Xpert]Cyrix MediaGX not working with 4.0.3

2002-05-03 Thread Rolland Dudemaine
From: "Dr Andrew C Aitchison" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > XF86_SVGA is part of 3.3, not 4.0.3. > 4.0.3 is over a year old, things may have improved with 4.2.0 only 3.3.6 is working with more or less success. 4.x is not supported for Geode chips. After asking for help on this list few days ago, I've

Re: [Xpert]Cyrix MediaGX not working with 4.0.3

2002-05-03 Thread Charles Bradshaw
Rolland (or is it Dr Aitchison) For my information what is or are Geode chips? I have seen other references which might be of assistance. The point is that cyrix_drv.o does exist! Also an almost empty man page with no author credits! So who actualy knows something about cyrix mediaGX. Thes

Re: [Xpert]Cyrix MediaGX not working with 4.0.3

2002-05-03 Thread Charles Bradshaw
Sir Thanks you clearly know something about this. I don't really want to get into a discussion about graphics development politics, but I think the terseness and inexactness in your reply is clear! The distribution I am installing has the components cyrix_drv.o, XF86_SVGA and XFree86 version 4.

Re: [Xpert]Cyrix MediaGX not working with 4.0.3

2002-05-03 Thread Alan Hourihane
On Fri, May 03, 2002 at 07:29:11PM +, Charles Bradshaw wrote: > For my information what is or are Geode chips? I have seen other > references which might be of assistance. > Geode chips are all-in-one CPU's (x86 architecture), that has a companion chip called the 5530 (Kahlua). The current