On Mon, Jan 20, 2003 at 08:51:00PM -0700, Marc Aurele La France wrote: > On Mon, 20 Jan 2003, Bill Swingle wrote: > > > Hello, > > > I have a problem I'm hoping someone can help me with. > > > I've been using XFree86 3.3.6 on my Sony Vaio PCG-FXA59 (FX705 in > > europe) for about 5 months now and after a harddrive crash am back > > restoring the whole machine. > > > This laptop has what purports to be a ATI 3D Rage Mobility-M1 graphics > > chip in it. It's supposed to be able to do 1400x1050. I was able to do > > this resolution at 16bpp with 3.3.6 but it was slow as mud when moving > > windows, etc. > > > I just installed FreeBSD 5.0-RELEASE today and along with that came > > XFree86 4.2.1. Dmesg from the OS is here: > > http://dub.net/vaio/dmesg > > > Running "XFree86 -configure" renders this file: > > http://dub.net/vaio/XF86Config-4.2.1 > > > Running "XFree86 -xf86config path/to/XF86Config-4.2.1" creates this > > madness on the screen: > > http://dub.net/vaio/screen.jpg > > > Here's the 3.3.6 config that actually sorta worked: > > http://dub.net/vaio/XF86Config-3.3.6 > > > As a side note before composing this email I checked out xf-4_2_99_3 and > > tried to build it but the build died all three times I tried. The > > world.log has crazy binary output at the bottom of it. Anyone that wants > > to look at that can find it here: http://dub.net/vaio/world.log.gz > > > I'm going to attempt to build the newly tagged 4.2.99.4 and I'll repost > > if I have any luck with that. > > That's a good idea. If that doesn't work, re-run the server with > -logverbose 4 and send me the (large) log.
I'm still trying to build 4.2.99.4 and I'll let you know how that goes. In the mean time the new verose log is at : http://dub.net/vaio/XFree86.0.log > Just curious: which SVGA driver does 3.3.6 pick? Doh, I'm not sure actually. It's been a long time since I fiddled with 3.3.6 and now don't have it installed on this machine. Thanks! -Bil -- -=| Bill Swingle - <unfurl@(dub.net|freebsd.org)> -=| Every message PGP signed -=| Fingerprint: C1E3 49D1 EFC9 3EE0 EA6E 6414 5200 1C95 8E09 0223 -=| "Computers are useless. They can only give you answers" Pablo Picasso
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