Re: XFCom_NeoMagic in 2.1 = XF86_SVGA in frozen?
On Thu, 16 Mar 2000, Bryan K. Walton <walton@berbee.com> wrote:
> Greetings all, For a few months I had been running 2.1 on my Thinkpad
> 390E. Recently, I upgraded to frozen and the frozen version of
> Xfree86. During the upgrade, it asked me if I wanted to keep using the
> NeoMagic server, and I said yes. It works fine. Here is my question,
> can I switch to a different server now? Should I? If so, which one.
> Also, is there some benefit of going to an "official" XFree86 server?
The 3.3.6 X servers support Neomagic chips in XF86_SVGA, I believe.
Check the release notes for your specific model, of course, to be on the
safe side.
As to why to switch, well, to take advantage of bug fixes and
performance improvements in the new version. The only compelling feature
I know off the top of my head is the DGA support that VMware uses, but
there may be more. :)
OTOH, if it works, don't fix it is often good advice too....
Daniel
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