xf 4.0.0/1 with rage II/rage pro -- should the ati driver work?

[Geert Uytterhoeven]

On Sat, 23 Sep 2000, Michel Lanners wrote:
> On  23 Sep, this message from Michel Dänzer echoed through cyberspace:
> >> Also the screen is oddly "wrapped" on the rage II machine with the fbdev
> >> driver: I can see the full screen but the virtual edge starts about 75% in,
> >> instead of matching the physical edge, and then wraps around.  I don't see
> >> this artifact on the rage pro G3.
> >
> > This is a known problem, which is also kind of fixed in Ani's tree AFAIK. I'm
> > currently working with Geert Uytterheuven to get the definite fix.
>
> Is this the already-known problem of handling an offset for the screen
> start within the framebuffer memory?
>
> Because I'm experiencing this as well with fbdev, and the problem is the
> same for all Apple non-accelerated framebuffers (control, platinum,
> valkyrie), AFAICT. So it would be helpful if this problem would get
> fixed once and for all. FWIW, no propblem with XF3.x.

Should be fixed after applying the untested patch I sent to Michel D.

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

						Geert

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