Date: Fri, 5 Sep 1997 22:05:02 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu> To: Rick Afonso <rafonso@global.co.za> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Drivers for NeoMagic graphics card for X-Windows Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.970905220412.7395R-100000@localhost> In-Reply-To: <199709031406.QAA29820@mail.global.co.za>
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On Wed, 3 Sep 1997, Rick Afonso wrote: > Hi there > > I have a notebook computer, with a NeoMagic MagicGraph 128ZV graphics > card. I would like to use FreeBSD and X-Windows on my notebook. Does > FreeBSD have support for the NeoMagic graphics cards for X-Windows ? More correctly, does XFree86 have support for the NeoMagic cards? The answer is no -- NeoMagic wants an NDA and XFree can't do that. > Apparently Xi Graphics have a driver set which supports this card, my > problem is that I can't afford to spend $150 ~= R750 in South Africa > for this software. Also My notebook is three weeks old - I cannot > have it replaced nor can I afford another one. That is your option for X -- or run 320x200x16. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major Spam routed to /dev/null by Procmail | Death to Cyberpromo
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