> > I had a couple, though it was on the last pre that called itself 2.2.0:
> > a) it was not possible to change the irq for soundblaster to the value=20 > > most cards use (5, and it defaults to 7? or is it vice versa). > You can pass parameters to modules when insmod'ing them, > ie insmod sb irq=3D5 etc. hmm, i hadn't really thought of that; i've been relying on autoloading. > > b) critical: it gave my xserver the blinkies. This is easy to do to=20 > > an AT24 chipset, but the only thing that usually does it is rvplayer=20 > > when the rv-server goes to heavy load (beats me why, but it crashes,=20 > > and it can't restart without a reboot, and goes into the blinkies). =20 > > Under 2.2.0, it went straight to the blinkies without giving me a good=20 > > session first. > Try the svga server from 3.3.3 might be useful here. Grab the binary from > ftp.xfree86.org and install it in /usr/local/bin, then point > /etc/X11/Xserver at it. It was already installed :( I had hoped it would solve the rvplayer problem, and the artifacts when going past 8bpp, but it didn't :( --
