Date: Fri, 16 Oct 1998 15:30:51 +0100 From: Brian Somers <brian@Awfulhak.org> To: mark <elroy@ghgcorp.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: neomagic Message-ID: <199810161430.PAA25370@woof.lan.awfulhak.org> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Thu, 15 Oct 1998 09:38:16 CDT." <362608D8.8C31380B@ghgcorp.com>
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> I just purchased a dell inspiron 3200 and would like to run freebsd > instead of linux. I've researched the neomagic/X problem and have a > running X-server using the redhat binary for this chips set. So why am > I writing and wasting bandwidth? I was wondering this: If I switch to > freebsd would I be able to use the linux emulator to run the redhat > binary X-server? Or would I simply be better off applying the neomagic > patch to the X source and recompiling? Or should I just do both and > then announce my findings? There are instructions on http://www.Awfulhak.org/software.html saying how to patch & bring up X on a Neomagic chipset under FreeBSD. I would have said that that's your best bet.... > mark -- Brian <brian@Awfulhak.org>, <brian@FreeBSD.org>, <brian@OpenBSD.org> <http://www.Awfulhak.org>; Don't _EVER_ lose your sense of humour.... To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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