FW: Configuring Xorg for Palmax/Cyrix MediaGX

[Alan Cox]

Ar Sul, 2006-10-29 am 15:26 +0000, ysgrifennodd Editor:
> Whatever I do with the xorg.conf file - including adding relevant
> modelines - I only get a blank screen with the Cyrix driver. I have
> Googled this and read everything I could find. Unfortunately I cannot
> find any document that mentions this driver running on this machine -
> though there do seem to be a lot of doubts about the Cyrix driver
> generally.

The PD1000 has a fairly old Cyrix setup and some slightly odd video. I
doubt anyone has tested 5520 for some years and the 5520 has some
interesting requirements. Full accelerated support for the 5520 may well
require going around the BIOS if its an old one and avoiding softvga. At
the moment the Cyrix driver relies on softvga.

> Is the Cyrix driver compatible with this Cyrix chip or I am doing
> something silly? Or is there an updated version of the Cyrix driver
> lurking somewhere, newer than the one shipped with Debian Etch or Sid?

It should but afaik nobody is maintaining CS5520 support.

> I presume there *must* be a way to make this work because Alan Cox's
> Palmax touch-screen driver is included in Xorg. Delighted to post my
> xorg.conf(s) & Xorg.0.log(s) if that would help.

The 1100 is a 5530 and was working last time I tried it (which is some
time ago). I no longer have a working PD1100.