Re: [XFree86] Cirrus 5446

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El Lun 13 Oct 2003 23:59, Egbert Eich escribió:
> Eduardo Huertas writes:
>  > Hi,
>  >
>  > I've been having problems configuring a Cirrus Logic 5446 even though
>  > your site says it is supported.
>
> That's euphemism. It probably should be changed.
> The chipset is supported because the driver knows about it and
> should theoretically be able to drive it. That's what supported
> means.
> However the driver isn't supported. It means: you get it as is.
> If it works - fine. If it doesn't - tough luck.
> Nobody who would be able and willing to support this driver has
> the hardware you are talking about. Nobody who has the hardware
> is willing or able to support it.
> Since this is open source you are invited to fix the driver yourself.
>
>  > I'm using a Gateway 2000 with 64 MB and a Pentium 120
>  >
>  > I tried first with Linux Mandrake 9.1 and now I'm trying with FreeBSD
>  > 4.8. I've used every combination of resolution with 8, 15, 16 and 32
>  > color depth.
>  >
>  > I used Option "noaccel" and Option "no_bitblt" and the main problem
>  > persists: the screen shows in triple a litle piece at top and a litle
>  > piece at bottom and almost the whole screen at center.  It also shows
>  > three pointer mouse.
>  >
>  > The monitor I'm using is an AcerView 34T.
>  >
>  > Where can I see a configuration file that works fine?
>
> Probably none? Because the driver is broken.
>
>  > In linux mandrake I could try with Xfree86 3.3.6 and 4.3 and used
>  > XFdrake program.
>
> Yes, that's possible. In those days this driver was supported.
>
> Egbert.

Well I could run XFree86 3.3.6 with the last port on FreeBSD 4.8
Now how can I tell it to use a spanish keyboard?
When I configured via xf86config there was not a spanish keyboard option.

Thanks for your help.

-edu-








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