On Fri, 3 May 2002, Charles Bradshaw wrote: >This is good info info, but we still don't quite get to it do we? OK I >understand XFree86 3.3.6 is only working solution out of the RPM as it were. > >But as I understand it, from the documentation, Dr Atchison and yourself >cyrix_drv and XF86_SVGA are part of 3.3.x so..... why does XF86_SVGA >-probeonly produce the error: > > Driver "cyrix" > ^^^^^ >Unknown section keyword > >Am I being exceptionally stupid? The contradiction is this: Driver "cyrix" >is recognized by XFree86 4.. but it don't work. XF86_SVGA version 3... does >wok but not above 640x480 and not requiring the driver! > >What I think is this; XF86_SVGA is indeed version 3. but it is not this that >supports cyrix svga modes and acceleration, it is in fact only XFree86 >version 3 that does and using using cyrex_drv. > >Could somebody confirm this please?
None of that makes any sense whatsoever. Doesn't seem like you understand the differences between XFree86 3.3.6 and 4.x as far as what I read above. >If true RedHat or whoever should not distribute the driver cyrix_drv with >XFree86 4 and xfree86.org should remove documentation stating XF86_SVGA and >Device "cyrix" is the way to get mediagx chip sets to work. Why because its >very very very CONFUSING!! If the Cyrix drivers do not work at all, and nobody will fix them, it shouldn't be hard for me to arrange complete removal of the drivers if that is desired. >Are the problem with XFree86 4 and cyrix_drv to do with cyrix_driv? If so >where can I obtain the source so that I can have a look at it. I've looked >in my RedHat distributions and on xfree86.org but, I cannot detect it any >where. You have not looked to hard then. The source code is readily available by both Red Hat, in the form of an src.rpm package, and from XFree86.org as tarballs, as well as CVS. >On the other hand if to do with XFree86 itself then I concede, the problem >is probably beyond me and I will just have to roll back to 3.3.6 > >Is 3.3.6 available as binary RPM ? I have the source, but am a little >nervous of installing over a newer version. I suppose I could always resort >to RH 6 As I have already stated in my previous email, Red Hat Linux 7.x releases ship with *both* XFree86 3.3.6 X servers *and* the XFree86 4.x server. You can choose which one you wish to use by telling Xconfigurator one of either: Xconfigurator --preferxf3 or Xconfigurator --preferxf4 Please note that Red Hat did not write the Cyrix MediaGX driver, and Red Hat does not maintain that driver. Reported bugs are prioritized, and the bugs that affect the most number of people are obviously the ones that I will personally look into fixing first. Cyrix MediaGX, despite the number of units that might be in use out there, is not a chip that I receive many bug reports about at all, nor feedback about. In general, people having problems with a video driver, should contact the _author_ of that driver, or the current maintainer at XFree86.org for the fastest possible solution, and should do so in a polite non-attacking manner. While distributions like Red Hat Linux and others ship drivers like the Cyrix driver, we rely as much as anyone does for the upstream maintainers and the community to fix bugs in drivers. We also contribute to fixing bugs, but our contributions are focused as I said above, where it makes the largest difference to the largest number of users, and also where hardware is available. I just recently got a Cyrix GX unit, however it is a tablet PC, has no keyboard, and I do not have everything I need in order to even begin looking into this issue. Also note that I'm doing this on my own personal non-Red-Hat time, just for fun. The earliest that I'll likely be experimenting with the driver is 2 months or more from now, so if someone else has the hardware, specs, and cares enough to look into the issues, that would be great. However, since it is not a chipset that I receive 10 bug reports a day on, I can't justify spending work time to look into it anytime soon, and I'd just as soon remove support than receive 10 nasty bug reports a day. -- Mike A. Harris Shipping/mailing address: OS Systems Engineer 190 Pittsburgh Ave., Sault Ste. Marie, XFree86 maintainer Ontario, Canada, P6C 5B3 Red Hat Inc. http://www.redhat.com ftp://people.redhat.com/mharris _______________________________________________ Xpert mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xpert
