[Savage40] savage problems

Saboniss saboniss at email.it
Sat Oct 29 03:02:07 PDT 2005


> >here is also my configuration file:
> >
> >http://icarus.uic.edu/~msarto1/xorg.conf
> >  
> >
> 
> This configuration file is using the "vesa" driver, not the "savage" 
> driver.  Is that really what you're using?  The Savage DRI kernel driver 
> isn't going to play well with the vesa x.org driver.
> 

ops...
I've switched to vesa driver to run X.
the configuration I'm referring to is obviously with the savage driver
decommented and vesa commented.
sorry for inconvenience.



> 
> I know what causes this, but I can't remember off hand.  There is or
> was a comment in the driver about this, but I can never find it when
> I'm looking for it.  IIRC, this has something to do with the BCI or GBD
> and the stride, and if some register write doesn't take you get the
> entire image squished into the top of the screen.  I just spent half an
> hour looking and I couldn't find the comment.
> 
> Alex

Are you talking about some commented code in savage Driver source code?
if it's so I can try to have a look myself.

Marco


 
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