Re: [Dri-users] Dri, Savage and the way it goes

[Alex D. <ale...@gm...>]

On 3/31/06, Manfred Paul <man...@we...> wrote:
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> Hi,
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> thx for the information but i have a problem with the snapshots from marc=
h.
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> Non of them is working on my system. I tried several but always with the
> same result: a black screen. The only snapshot that is currently working =
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the whole screen or just 3D windows?  only when the DRI is enabled or
all the time?  Also, does toggling the video ouptuts using fn-f7 bring
the screen back?

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> common-20060113-linux.i386.tar.bz2
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> savage-20060115-linux.i386.tar.bz2
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> Btw. where can i get some information about hacking the dual screen featu=
re
> into s3switch or ibm_acpi? I would like to have it on my system... so i w=
ill
> try it.
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take a look at savage_vbe.c::SavageSetVESAModeCrtc2()
set up the second crtc after you set up the first.  It should be
pretty easy to implement in s3switch since s3switch is basically a
wrapper around the bios calls.

Alex

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> Regards
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> Manfred
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> here is the Xorg log file: (Debian Sid)
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