From owner-freebsd-alpha Mon Oct 4 10:22:56 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org Received: from arthur.vortex4.net (arthur.vortex4.net [140.174.185.252]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6413C14E16 for ; Mon, 4 Oct 1999 10:22:52 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from friend@arthur.vortex4.net) Received: (from friend@localhost) by arthur.vortex4.net (8.8.8/8.8.8) id KAA10352; Mon, 4 Oct 1999 10:23:10 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from friend) Date: Mon, 4 Oct 1999 10:23:10 -0700 From: Dave To: Doug Rabson Cc: freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Status of XFree86 on Alpha? Message-ID: <19991004102309.L1233@vortex4.net> References: <19991003230525.J1233@vortex4.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary="dxRQSzdsN/lOP445"; micalg=pgp-md5; protocol="application/pgp-signature" X-Mailer: Mutt 0.95.6i In-Reply-To: ; from Doug Rabson on Mon, Oct 04, 1999 at 10:23:12AM +0100 X-Operating-System: FreeBSD arthur.vortex4.net 2.2.8-STABLE FreeBSD 2.2.8-STABLE X-System-Stats: 8:31PM up 9 days, 6:47, 2 users, load averages: 0.10, 0.04, 0.01 Sender: owner-freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org --dxRQSzdsN/lOP445 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Mon, Oct 04, 1999 at 10:23:12AM +0100, Doug Rabson wrote: > On Sun, 3 Oct 1999, Dave wrote: >=20 > >=20 > > Getting the same sorts of problems; System is a PC164SX w/a Diamond > > Stealth 3D 2000...under twm got wierd stripes of titlebar color in > > some resolution modes..fvwm2 looked fine but I couldn't move windows... > > afterstep is prety mellow but the toolbar is a set of solid black > > boxes lined up on the side of the screen, but clicking on one of > > them launches xterms :> If I click and produce the application > > laucher menu over an xterm the menu becomes the new permanent > > background of the xterm...also switching out to a console with > > ctrl-alt-f2 made the system wig and reboot. >=20 > Thats very odd. I'm suspicious about the window manager (does it work on > Linux/alpha?). I use kde on my alpha and it works very nicely. >=20 I actually never got further than fvwm2 on debian before I managed to get the right kind of scsi controller to let me boot FreeBSD :> I'll give kde a shot...my suspicion is that it's a problem with my X configuration, 'cause some of the video glitches look similar to others I've had in the past...I just thought I oughta throw some data in the pool since other people are having the same trouble :> > >=20 > > So what's with all of these netcape ports saying they don't work > > on alpha? I managed to get netscape working under debian + XFree86; > > Is the x86 emulation not as far along in FreeBSD? >=20 > We don't have any x86 emulation in FreeBSD/alpha. It would be nice but the > only x86 emulator available is GPL and I don't have the time to write one. >=20 Ergh...so it netscape out of reach then? I kind of need a 128-bit ssl browser...am I going to have to live with lynx-ssl or is a better solution available? > -- > Doug Rabson Mail: dfr@nlsystems.com > Nonlinear Systems Ltd. Phone: +44 181 442 9037 >=20 --=20 Dave Cotton System Administrator Vortex4 Internet Services friend@vortex4.net --dxRQSzdsN/lOP445 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: 2.6.2 iQCVAwUBN/jifJezAGueKuk9AQHkwAP+NzzX/GdMI0FykVhA4ngfssNgrcg1S1ZO vIAC/4TVZUqN7SA0qUX9LlZR71onFeuQIH47agdgAfvawc22XD18ct+tVn1q+d8N oQScCqYaRz5NJeaQzv6/OYWakiqkIh54pitDyjAQCwoVjs4O2lH7874G0RItk9d5 CrpXorrzIIY= =dw9u -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --dxRQSzdsN/lOP445-- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-alpha" in the body of the message