Date: Sun, 05 Sep 1999 23:20:46 +0200 From: Vosmaer <gvosmaer@xs4all.nl> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: npx0 won't work on 486 BL w/ Cyrix Fastmath 387 Message-ID: <3.0.5.32.19990905232046.007a7d00@pop.xs4all.nl>
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First of all, I am new to FreeBSD. Previously, I used RedHat linux 5.1 on said 486. I installed FreeBSD because I wanted something a bit leaner and a LOT less hyped =]. About my copro: appearantly, the IBM 486 Blue Lightning does not come with a fpu. Mine is an onboard solution, which comes with a Cyrix fastmath 387 fpu (I can look up the exact type if that is relevant). Here's the problem: when I boot the GENERIC or any custom kernel, it won't boot unless I do a "disable npx0" in UserConfig (great option, by the way). And, well, all those "don't comment npx0" comments just make me feel a little bit uncomfortable about doing that. (yes I did leave npx0 on in my config files). Furthermore, XFree86 is performing really bad on my S3 Trio 64 (VLB, 1024K), much worse than it did under RedHat 5.1. Help me quickly, before I fall back to Linux! Jacob Vosmaer To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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