Date: Sun, 5 Mar 2000 16:11:19 +0000 (GMT) From: Doug Rabson <dfr@nlsystems.com> To: nm <nmanisca@vt.edu> Cc: freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org, Andrew Gallatin <gallatin@cs.duke.edu> Subject: Re: No cigar with 3.9.18 :( Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0003051609470.8714-100000@salmon.nlsystems.com> In-Reply-To: <3.0.32.20000305102823.00c5eaf0@mail.vt.edu>
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On Sun, 5 Mar 2000, nm wrote: > I grabbed XFree86 3.9.18, and applied the xfpatch. > Then, I edited the return statement of has_bwx() from > bsd_video.c > > I built with make world and did a make install. The > XFree86 binary was installed and I ran xf86config. > I guess with 3.9.18 there is only 1 binary for all > drivers/cards? Thats right. All the hardware drivers are loadable (look in /usr/X11R6/lib/modules). > > Next, I ran startx and the screen pretended to change > video modes, filled up with random color, random > characters (garbage), waited 3 seconds, pretended to > change modes again, and returned me to a prompt where > all I only see about every other character and things > are screwy :( > > Where did I go wrong? Not sure. At this point, the only hardware I know works well is MGA (which I'm using right now). What kind of graphics card are you using? -- Doug Rabson Mail: dfr@nlsystems.com Nonlinear Systems Ltd. Phone: +44 181 442 9037 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-alpha" in the body of the message
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