On Thu, Feb 28, 2002 at 11:21:27AM -0500, Mike A. Harris wrote: > On Tue, 26 Feb 2002 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > The latest Savage driver from Tim Roberts, is included in Red Hat > Linux 7.1 and 7.2, either stock, or with our current erratum. > Tim's driver is the latest driver.
It doesn't look like it's in my RH 7.1 ? If it's in an update rpm can you confirm the version number so I can look for it ? > It is the latest one, and that driver was released quite some > time AFTER Red Hat Linux 7.1 was shipped. I communicate with Tim > fairly often, and update the Savage driver with his newest code > whenever he releases a new update. The current Savage driver > shipped for both Red Hat Linux 7.1 and 7.2 is 1.1.20t, which is > the latest version unless a new one has come out and gotten past > me. I have previously downloaded and tried the latest driver from Tim's Web site. It comes in xf41sav.tgz and you are correct it is 1.1.20t. It has initial SuperSavage support (the Tecra 9000 has an S3 SuperSavage IXC). This driver did not work on my machine. I emailed Tim and he confirmed that it needed XFree86 4.1. My RH7.1 comes with 4.03 and it certainly doesn't have the correct driver for my machine. So maybe you've produced an rpm with one compiled for XFree86 4.03 ? Where is it ? What is it called ? Do I need to load all XFree rpms or just the latest XFree86-S3-....rpm ? If I install an rpm how do I know which version of Tim's driver is included in it ? Now I was also wondering why you ship Tim's driver ? Have you tested it and compared it with the drivers on the S3 web site and found it to be better. Tim says that his is built on code for the savage drivers that had some bug fixes not included in the base from which S3 built theirs. Is this the reason ? Maybe it's historical ? i.e. Tim has been writing the drivers for some time (AFAIK) or is it political i.e. to do with one produced free Vs one produced by commercial interests ? I'm not advocating a change I would have used his driver if it had worked with my installation but I am curious. Thanks, Wilson Fletcher _______________________________________________ Xpert mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xpert
