Re: [XFree86] S3 driver bug

2003-11-25 Thread Klaus Peichl
Mark Vojkovich wrote: If the lines are correct, you should be able to run linetest: http://www.xfree86.org/~mvojkovi/linetest.c without artifacts. The zero-width lines are the hardware ones. I just ran linetest both with the buggy XFree 4.3.0 version of s3_drv.o and with the fixed one

Re: [XFree86] S3 driver bug

2003-11-23 Thread Thomas Winischhofer
FYI: Klaus Peichl just confirmed that the e1 value was wrongly calculated, and that replacing e1 = major; by e1 = minor; fixes the bug. Fix committed to CVS. Thomas Kevin Brosius wrote: Klaus Peichl wrote: Thomas Winischhofer wrote: Apparently, after looking into the 3.3.6 code,

Re: [XFree86] S3 driver bug

2003-11-23 Thread George Mogiljansky
Hello Thomas, I have found a module that would enable the use of certain older hardware with Linux (Mandrake 9.1 for PowerPC platforms). On the webpage below, what constitutes the actual code (and is it usable or do I need a different format such as RPM or .gz) and how to install it? Here is the

Re: [XFree86] S3 driver bug

2003-11-23 Thread Mark Vojkovich
If the lines are correct, you should be able to run linetest: http://www.xfree86.org/~mvojkovi/linetest.c without artifacts. The zero-width lines are the hardware ones. Mark. On Sun, 23 Nov 2003, Thomas Winischhofer wrote: FYI: Klaus Peichl just confirmed that

Re: [XFree86] S3 driver bug

2003-11-22 Thread Kevin Brosius
Klaus Peichl wrote: Thomas Winischhofer wrote: Apparently, after looking into the 3.3.6 code, the first generations of S3 do support Bresenham lines after all. What I see from comparing the code is that the 3.3.6 version does a lot of stuff to reduce the error term to 12 bit which

Re: [XFree86] S3 driver bug

2003-11-21 Thread Thomas Winischhofer
Kevin Brosius wrote: Thomas Winischhofer wrote: Kevin Brosius wrote: I know the s3virge series doesn't have a breshenham compliant engine, and doubt the s3 variety does either. Their may be logic in the s3 driver to try and simulate bresenham lines with the s3 engine though. That wouldn't make

Re: [XFree86] S3 driver bug

2003-11-20 Thread Alex Deucher
If you are feeling motivated, take a look at s3_accel.c and see if you can find the bug in the implementation of SolidBresenhamLine. Alex Alex Deucher wrote: Take a look at the XF86Config man page. You can find out exactly which XAA routine is causing the bug

Re: [XFree86] S3 driver bug

2003-11-20 Thread Thomas Winischhofer
Kevin Brosius wrote: I know the s3virge series doesn't have a breshenham compliant engine, and doubt the s3 variety does either. Their may be logic in the s3 driver to try and simulate bresenham lines with the s3 engine though. That wouldn't make sense as XAA supports both Bresenham and normal

Re: [XFree86] S3 driver bug

2003-11-20 Thread Kevin Brosius
Thomas Winischhofer wrote: Kevin Brosius wrote: I know the s3virge series doesn't have a breshenham compliant engine, and doubt the s3 variety does either. Their may be logic in the s3 driver to try and simulate bresenham lines with the s3 engine though. That wouldn't make sense

[XFree86] S3 driver bug

2003-11-19 Thread Alex Deucher
Take a look at the XF86Config man page. You can find out exactly which XAA routine is causing the bug by trying the different XAANo oprions, where XXX is the acceleration routine. they are listed in the man page. Alex -- Hello XFree team, I sent a mail some days ago

Re: [XFree86] S3 driver bug

2003-11-19 Thread Klaus Peichl
Alex Deucher wrote: Take a look at the XF86Config man page. You can find out exactly which XAA routine is causing the bug by trying the different XAANo oprions, where XXX is the acceleration routine. they are listed in the man page. Cool, thanks a lot! It works well with the option

[XFree86] S3 driver bug

2003-11-18 Thread Klaus Peichl
Hello XFree team, I sent a mail some days ago but was not yet registerd at XFree86.Org. In the meantime, I found out that the bug disappears when the noaccel option is specified in XF86Config. Regards, Klaus Peichl Original mail: I have a problem with the S3 driver in XFree86 4.3.0 which was not

Re: [XFree86] S3 driver bug

2003-11-17 Thread Keith Tang
had experienced a problem. Keith Tang - Original Message - From: Klaus Peichl [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, November 16, 2003 6:45 AM Subject: [XFree86] S3 driver bug Hello XFree team, I have a problem with the S3 driver in XFree86 4.3.0 which was not present

Re: [XFree86] S3 driver bug

2003-11-17 Thread Kevin Brosius
a problem. Keith Tang - Original Message - From: Klaus Peichl [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, November 16, 2003 6:45 AM Subject: [XFree86] S3 driver bug Hello XFree team, I have a problem with the S3 driver in XFree86 4.3.0 which was not present in XFree86