thanks alex. agp mode now 4x again. mark
----- Original Message ----- From: "Alex Deucher" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Mark Cass" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, March 26, 2004 2:11 PM Subject: Re: [Dri-devel] savage : strange cursor problems > > --- Mark Cass <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > alex, > > > > the change option 2 seems to be working for the random noise cursor. > > the > > problem with the shimmer was related to refresh rate. when i turned > > down the > > refresh rate the shimmer went away. must be this video card, my old > > nvidia > > card had no problem with the old refresh rate. > > Hmmm... how to deal with that cob...I'll look into that this weekend. > > > > > one other thing. i downloaded the latest code yesterday and built it. > > i am > > now noticing that the agp mode is only 1X. it used to be 4X. could > > you or > > somebody else point me in the right direction? > > Yeah I added agpmode and agpsize options a few days again. the driver > defaults to 1x. just add: > Option "AGPMode" "4" > to you config. you can also adjust the amount of AGP memory with the > AGPSize option. right now it defaults to 16 MB. > > Alex > > > > > thanks, > > mark > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Alex Deucher" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: "Mark Cass" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Sent: Friday, March 26, 2004 9:37 AM > > Subject: Re: [Dri-devel] savage : strange cursor problems > > > > > > > > > > --- Mark Cass <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > dri-devel, > > > > > > > > i am using the dri tree build (Mesa/xc - no branch) of all > > drivers > > > > (2d and 3d) on xfree86 version 4.3.0. my video card is a 32MB > > savage > > > > 4 pro. X is configured to use the savage drivers. > > > > > > > > the problems i am noticing concern the mouse/cursor. at all times > > the > > > > cursor seems to be shimmering. for example when the arrow cursor > > is > > > > displayed, the outline of the arrow looks like its > > moving/crawling. > > > > the second problem is that the cursor sometimes displays a large > > > > square (5x the size of the arrow cursor) of random noise. the > > cursor > > > > returns to normal when the mouse is dragged over a different > > window. > > > > this happens maybe once every 10 minutes. > > > > > > > > has anyone else seen this? felix said that alex had mentioned > > > > something about the problem at one point. > > > > > > At some point in the savage4 line, the cob index bitfield of the > > cob > > > register changed. you card may be affected. There are two things > > you > > > can try: > > > 1. try the "disableCOB" option, however this will impact > > performance. > > > 2. change psav->cobIndex from 7 to 2 in savage_driver.c > > > if 2 fixes it it's gonna be tough to figure out when savage4s need > > a > > > cobIndex of 7 and which need 2. perhaps we can figure out the > > revision > > > and add that and check against it. we could also add a cobIndex > > > override config option. > > > > > > Alex > > > > > > > > > > > mark > > > > > > > > > __________________________________ > > > Do you Yahoo!? > > > Yahoo! Finance Tax Center - File online. File on time. > > > http://taxes.yahoo.com/filing.html > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > > > This SF.Net email is sponsored by: IBM Linux Tutorials > > > Free Linux tutorial presented by Daniel Robbins, President and CEO > > of > > > GenToo technologies. 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