Rick Harris said: > On Thu, 2004-01-15 at 21:31, Duncan Webb wrote: >> Hello all, >> >> I have been trying to use the savagefb driver for a VIA ProSavage PN133T >> VT8606 TwisterT the module gets loaded but the frame buffer doesn't get >> created. >> >> The kernel log shows: >> Jan 14 19:41:46 fig kernel: savagefb: mapped io at f8b25000 >> Jan 14 19:41:46 fig kernel: savagefb: probed videoram: 32768k >> Jan 14 19:41:46 fig kernel: savagefb: Detected current MCLK value of 14 >> MHz >> Jan 14 19:41:46 fig kernel: savagefb: frame buffer in use >> >> Question 1: Is the chipset supported? > > It's not a chipset I'm familiar with. Check down the bottom of the patch > you attached for a list of supported savage based cards. > Though from the model you describe above, it reads like it could be > either a PROSAVAGE_PM or an S3TWISTER (not sure if this is right).
Your quite correct it is an S3 TwisterT based chip on of those do everything southbridge chips. On a RedFox-II motherboard (http://www.m-f.ch/html/redfox.html) >> Question 2: The vesa driver is already included in the kernel can the >> savage driver work along side it, like the matrox driver? From the last >> line is suspect not. > > Short answer, no. Compile in kernel either Vesa or savagefb but not > both. Thanks this saves me a lot of time. >> Question 3: What are the steps that would be required to get it working, >> ie how does one debug a kernel module. > > I haven't tried the savagefb in about 4 months, some work may have been > done on it since then. > However, I actually got better results using plain VesaFB. > By this I mean, no artifacts present in console (though the workaround > was to turn off acceleration, this kinda defeated the purpose). > The transition through from opaque to transparent was also much smoother > using VesaFB in XDirectFB. The picture seems a little bit unstable with the VesaFB it seems to lose sync depending what it being displayed. >> P.S. I sent this mail last night with a patch attached, reckon the mail >> server doesn't like attachments. > > Your first mail turned up with attachment intact, no problems there. Took quite a while though. > Regards, > Rick Thanks, Duncan -- Info: To unsubscribe send a mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe directfb-users" as subject.
