On Tuesday 17 February 2004 06:02, Alex Deucher wrote: > Felix and I have ported S3/VIA's savage code to the current savage > driver. it's available on the savage-2-0-0-branch in DRI cvs. It's > still in development, but works pretty well. All savages are supported > except the savage2000. OK---I finally got around to this. I installed CVsup ( easy, since it's one of the packages in Suse Yast ) then I configured it for savage-2-0-0 ). Ok, now I'm lost. I am running X86Config 4.3.0.1-21 Can I just compile the driver that's in file:/usr/src/dri/xc/xc/programs/Xserver/hw/xfree86/drivers/savage and then add it in where my savage.o driver is now. How do I configure/make this driver ? Thanks !!! :D > > http://dri.sourceforge.net/cgi-bin/moin.cgi/S3Savage > > see this page for info about downloading and building a branch of cvs: > > http://dri.sourceforge.net/cgi-bin/moin.cgi/Download > > Alex > > ------------------------- > > I am seeking a driver, or information about a driver for Suse Linux 9.0 > that > will allow video accleration ( 3D OpenGL) on my brand new machine. > > My video chipset is a Via/S3 chipset. It's part of the VIA KM266 on > the MB > Northbridge The model is S3/Pro Savage DDR-K. > > I have found information about a basic driver, but it doesn't seem to > allow 3D > ( even though this chipset is quite capable of accleration, I know > since I > dual boot Windos ). > > So far, my searching has revealed: > > http://www.probo.com/timr/savage40.html#download > > In which the author says: > > VIA/S3 has release an updated version of THEIR Savage driver. It forked > off of > my source base about 3 years ago, so there are significant differences, > but > it looks like they have addressed a number of issues. This includes > motion > compensation support for MPEG playback (XvMC), and the long-awaited DRI > > driver for 3D OpenGL code. > > Ok, but on viaarena -- supposedly the /official/ support site for > VIA/S3, they > point back to probo.com (?#>#). Here's their drivers: > > http://www.viaarena.com/?PageID=184#ProSavageDDR > > I wrote Via's support department, but have not heard back. > > Again, is there any knowledge about a savage driver that will support > 3D > OpenGL acceleration. > > I have a desparate need to play TuxRacer :D on my new machine. > > __________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Finance: Get your refund fast by filing online. > http://taxes.yahoo.com/filing.html > _______________________________________________ > XFree86 mailing list > XFree86@xxxxxxxxxxx > http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xfree86 _______________________________________________ XFree86 mailing list XFree86@xxxxxxxxxxx http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xfree86
