You may also need to check that your display is properly setup. There is a XF86Config
at probo that is worth
checking out. My gateway has the same video card, but the monitor had some funky
display settings. good luck
angus
On Wed, Mar 14, 2001 at 08:17:11AM -0500, Klar Brian D Contr MSG SICN wrote:
> There is an updated driver. I have a Toshiba laptop with a Savage
> card. Goto http://www.probo.com/timr/savage40.html
><http://www.probo.com/timr/savage40.html> for the driver
> It is at the very bottom of the page. Xfree 4.02 does not out of the
> box support the IX/MX chip.
>
> Brian
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Wayne Alexander [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Monday, March 12, 2001 10:09 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: [expert] Framebuffer device
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> Can anyone tell me how I can set up the framebuffer device as a video device to use
>under linux? I have a laptop with an S3Savage/MX video card and none of the
>traditional drivers work (unless someone knows anything different?) I have used the
>framebuffer successfully before, but cannot remember the settings for doing this.
>Any help would be appreciated.
>
> Wayne
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