Date: Mon, 4 Oct 1999 10:23:10 -0700 From: Dave <friend@vortex4.net> To: Doug Rabson <dfr@nlsystems.com> Cc: freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Status of XFree86 on Alpha? Message-ID: <19991004102309.L1233@vortex4.net> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.10.9910041021070.571-100000@salmon.nlsystems.com>; from Doug Rabson on Mon, Oct 04, 1999 at 10:23:12AM %2B0100 References: <19991003230525.J1233@vortex4.net> <Pine.BSF.4.10.9910041021070.571-100000@salmon.nlsystems.com>
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--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
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