Re: XFree86 in Toshiba Satellite 2800 S201

["s. keeling" <keeling@spots.ab.ca>]

Incoming from nhoj:
> 
> I'm using XFree86 4.1.0.1 with Debian
> 3.2 (Kernel 2.2.20)
> 
> Following the instructions by
> http://www.probo.com/timr/savage40.html,
> I downloaded the tgz file called
> xf43sav-27t.tgz (maybe this was my
> error! :-D). Inside it, there is the
> savage_drv.o file only.
> 
> At this point, I followed the "NewBie
> Info" section by
> http://www.probo.com/timr/savage40.html.
> I copied the savage_drv.o to the 
> /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/drivers/savage_drv.o,
> and I changed the XF86Config-4 file
> following the instructions:
> 
> - Switch to 4.x : 
> rm /etc/X11/X
> ln -s /usr/X11R6/bin/XFree86 /etc/X11/X


This is what it's complaining about:

> Section "Device"
>     Identifier  "Savage"
>     VendorName  "S3"
>     BoardName   "Savage"
>     VideoRam    32768
> EndSection

Mine reads as so:

Section "Device"
    Identifier  "ATI Technologies, Inc. Rage 128 Mobility 3 AGP [LF]"
    Driver      "ati"
EndSection


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