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Date:      Tue, 3 Oct 2000 18:40:54 -0500 (CDT)
From:      Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org>
To:        "Mark Rinker" <mrinker@protocoltech.com>
Cc:        questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   RE: no text in X-Windows
Message-ID:  <14810.28294.500184.236864@guru.mired.org>
In-Reply-To: <49824834@toto.iv>

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Mark Rinker writes:
> Hi,
> Have no fear. Rage 128 cards are supported in XFree86 version 4.0.1. You can
> download it from http://www.xfree.org/. I just went through the same problem
> a few weeks ago(same powerpak with ATI Rage Fury 32 AGP). Also, see here for
> more information: http://www.xfree.org/4.0.1/r128.html. If you have any
> further problems after having installed 4.0.1, please post back to this
> list. I can post a copy of my XF86Config file. Be sure and read the INSTALL
> file for 4.0.1. It mentions how to automatically generate and test a
> configuration file. The test of the automatically generated file failed on
> my machine but when I placed the same file as XF86Config, everything worked
> fine.

You can also install it via /usr/ports/x11/XFree86-4 (and related). If
you're running a current version of the ports tree, add
XFREE86_VERSION=4 to /etc/make.conf, so that ports that are aware of
the difference will know which to expect.

What you *won't* get is access to the TV tuner, video input, and such
like goodies :-(. However, video output works fine in the same modes
it works for Windows. I routinely watch my system boot in an fxtv
window (talking to a cheap brooktree TV card).

	<mike


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