On Thu, Dec 06, 2001 at 01:59:46PM +0100, Olivier Fourdan wrote: > Gabriele, > > I have EXACTLY the same problem with a 1800-214 and the same video card. > > I did exactly the same (try XFree86 4.10, get the CVS, etc.) w/out success. >However, I am now able to run X using Vesa over FB in 1024x768 16bpp. > > I can contribute my XF86Config if needed. Note that Vesa over FB is far from being a >good solution, because there is no acceleration and the CPU makes all the work. >However, it's better than nothing at all. > > To the trident driver Maintainer (Alan Hourihane, I think) : > > If someone has an idea about what's wrong with the trident driver, I can help and >test. I can also try to tweak the driver, but I don't know where to start. > > I noted, by reading the source, that the driver is expecting SGRAM for the XPAi1 >while it uses SDRAM on Toshiba laptops. Does this make any difference ? I seems that >the trident driver is using no accelration and FB when running on a XPAi1. So my next >question is, even if I can make it run with my card, will that make any difference >compared to Vesa ? > The SGRAM/SDRAM thing is only a text message that is harmless.
As for as fbdev vs the trident driver for any XP chipset, then no, there is no difference. Trident will currently not allow us to release source code for the acceleration features of the XP. Alan. _______________________________________________ Xpert mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xpert
