Re: New XFree86 4.2.x Savage driver for testing

On Mon, 2002-09-16 at 08:38, HoytDuff wrote:
> On Monday 16 September 2002 02:35 pm, you wrote:
> > After Mike Harris fixes this link (currently appears to be a nullified
> > file) could you please re-test your HP laptop with the KN133 chipset?
> > You may need to add the card identifier to the pci table again.  Let me
> > know if you don't know where to find it.
> 
> Yes, I'll need it again, thanks. I foolishly deleted it.

Edit your /usr/share/hwdata/pcitable

0x5333  0x8d02  "unknown"       "S3 Inc.|VT8636A [ProSavage KN133] AGP4X
VGA Controller (TwisterK)"

Make this line read:

0x5333  0x8d02  "Card:S3 Savage4"       "S3 Inc.|VT8636A [ProSavage
KN133] AGP4X VGA Controller (TwisterK)"

Then try redhat-config-xfree86 --reconfig.  If that doesn't work then
you may need to try different settings by manually editing your
XF86Config file.

> 
> What is the change in the driver? 

I'm guessing Mike Harris got it from here.  There's release notes on
this page.
http://www.probo.com/timr/savage40.html

> 
> I note that Mandrake 9.0RC2 likes the laptop _very_ much as well as my DWL-650 
> wireless ethernet card which it autodetects and configures, something null 
> won't do.

I think Mandrake 9.0RC2 uses XFree86 4.2.1.  Does your DWL-650 wireless
ethernet card have the Intersil Prism2 chipset?  If so does Mandrake
include the linux-wlan-ngen drivers?  (Please send me a file listing of
everything in /lib/modules/ on your Mandrake installation.)

Warren Togami
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