[Savage40] New binary snapshots

[Carl S. Isgro]

Hi,

Here is some feedback.

The binary snapshot only works if I put in this line in xorg.conf:

    Option "NoAccel" "true"

Otherwise if I am really patient the entire X-windows runs in real slow
motion.

Twister KN133 chip in a notebook.

The Xorg.0.log shows that dri started successfully but the system is
unusable for me.

I tried the other options mentioned in this email and no improvements.

No lockups just real slow. Even when switching to a text console. I
press ctrl-alt-F1 and wait patiently and it gets to the text screen and
the computer is snappy again at that point.


On Tue, 2005-02-01 at 16:50 +0100, Felix Kühling wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> for all of you who did not build the new Savage DRI driver from source,
> there are now binary snapshots available at
> http://dri.freedesktop.org/snapshots. See also
> http://dri.freedesktop.org/wiki/Download.
> 
> Let me reiterate the biggest gotchas with the new driver:
>       * You need a 2.6 kernel.
>       * You should set Option "ShadowStatus" "true" in xorg.conf, or
>         you're very likely to suffer from lockups.
> 
> If you get lockups even with ShadowStatus there are a few more options
> you can try:
> 
>       * In driconf disable vertex DMA (or define enable_vdma=false in
>         the environment).
>       * Set Option "DmaType" "PCI" or Option "ForcePCIMode" "true" in
>         xorg.conf.
> 
> If you need any of these, I'd be interested in your exact hardware specs
> and which options are really needed in order to get rid of lockups.
> 
> Best regards,
>   Felix
> 
-- 
Carl S. Isgro
carl at csisgro.com