Frederic Lepied wrote:
> Leon Brooks <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>> Frederic Lepied wrote:
>>> You can test the new server/drivers by only installing
>>> XFree86-server-4.0.1e-1mdk.i586.rpm over a Cooker install. This may be
>>> helpfull for Radeon owners ;-)
>> How about S3 Virge owners, Savage S4 owners and owners of other ATI cards? (-:
> I was just speaking for the new chipset supported. The ones supported
> by the previous version should continue work or report me the broken
> ones.
Take II: about half the S3 Virge cards I install onto (DX or GX) are broken
under XFree86 4.0.1 (from 7.2rc1 ISO) but worked fine under 4.0 - the symptom is
a black screen after switching to graphics mode. Happens on both 4MB and 8MB PCI
cards. Simply replacing the card with an identical one will sometimes fix the
problem.
There is no S4 (Savage) driver under XFree86 4.0* at all.
The XFree86 4.0.1 Sis-6326 driver seems to be much more broken in 24-bit mode
than 16-bit mode (more display artefacts and higher chance of just plain
freezing up). The XFree SiS drivers have never been fantastic. Actually, the SiS
cards have never been fantastic either, and the versions built into motherboards
(and sharing main RAM) seriously suck performance-wise, especially at high res.
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