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Date:      Thu, 13 Jun 2002 09:08:14 -0400
From:      "Coffin, Dexter" <idnopheq@comcast.net>
To:        Mike Hogsett <hogsett@csl.sri.com>
Cc:        freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: XFree86-4(-Servers) and Alpha 4.5-RELEASE
Message-ID:  <1023973696.6123.37.camel@roshomon.idnopheq.net>
In-Reply-To: <200206122228.g5CMScZ4002070@quarter.csl.sri.com>
References:  <200206122228.g5CMScZ4002070@quarter.csl.sri.com>

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Hi, All!

XFree86-4.2 uses DRI for the ATI cards.  DRI works on Alpha Linux (Red
Hat and Debian) but not on FreeBSD.

The FreeBSD DRI developers know this and will get to it when they can,
IIRC.

I'm running 4.1 with the old ATI drivers for my 16MB Rage Pro on a 164LX
just fine.

HTH

Dex

On Wed, 2002-06-12 at 18:28, Mike Hogsett wrote:
> 
> Forgot to mention.  For those unfamiliar the Miata is an Dec Alpha.
> 
> Running 4.5 RELEASE p6
> 
> > 
> > Well, I, or rather my machine, have spent most of the day building
> > XFree86-4 from the ports.  The machine is a Miata (PWS433a).
> > 
> > The problem is that it never built the ati driver.
> > 
> > It built :
> > 
> > glint_drv.o
> > mga_drv.o
> > nv_drv.o
> > rendition_drv.o
> > s3_drv.o
> > s3virge_drv.o
> > savage_drv.o
> > siliconmotion_drv.o
> > tdfx_drv.o
> > tga_drv.o
> > vga_drv.o
> > 
> > But no driver for ATI.
> > 
> > Arg.  Suggestions ?
> > 
> >  - Michael Hogsett
> > 
> > P.S.  Not that it matters yet, but the video card is a `mach64' card, an ATI 
> > All-in-Wonder Pro.
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
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