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xserver-xorg-video-savage package

  1. Bug #33617
  2. Comment #98

Comment 98 for bug 33617

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Mark Stosberg (markstos) wrote : Re: [Bug 33617] Re: [agp] X.org does not initialize screen on IBM T20, T21, T22

Tormod Volden wrote:
> Where is the consensus being questioned? AGP is often so broken on
> savage cards (especially if you use hibernation and sleep) so forcing
> all savage cards to PCI would be a good thing IMHO. Even better, it
> should default to PCI and let people experiment with AGP if they want
> and know how.
>
> I have been fighting and reporting AGP trouble for like 4 years now
> (ever since DRI was available) and given the age of these cards and the
> developer interest I don't have high hopes for seeing it fixed. I would
> not be surprised if there's a hardware bug in them, also XP was unstable
> the short time I ran it on my laptop (with Savage TwisterK).

I agree wit this approach. T20's are now at age where they are dying
natural deaths (mine already died) and there will never be more
produced. While it's too bad this doesn't work well, the number of
developers and users with these models will only continue to decline.

   Mark