From owner-freebsd-mobile Thu Feb 28 4:24:53 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Received: from elvis.mu.org (elvis.mu.org [192.203.228.196]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AC27F37B400 for ; Thu, 28 Feb 2002 04:24:50 -0800 (PST) Received: by elvis.mu.org (Postfix, from userid 1192) id 7B737AE2B7; Thu, 28 Feb 2002 04:24:43 -0800 (PST) Date: Thu, 28 Feb 2002 04:24:43 -0800 From: Alfred Perlstein To: Andrew Reid Cc: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: X Acceleration on Toshiba 4090XCDT Message-ID: <20020228122443.GE73010@elvis.mu.org> References: <1014898835.638.25.camel@rubeus.alfred.cx> <20020228112726.GD73010@elvis.mu.org> <1014899470.638.28.camel@rubeus.alfred.cx> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1014899470.638.28.camel@rubeus.alfred.cx> User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.27i Sender: owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org * Andrew Reid [020228 03:31] wrote: > On Thu, 2002-02-28 at 22:57, Alfred Perlstein wrote: > > > > I recently picked up a Toshiba 4090XCDT, onto which I have successfully > > > installed FreeBSD 4.5-RELEASE. > > > > > > Everything seems to be supported quite well (although I've not yet > > > bothered with APM), but the lack of acceleration in X is incredibly > > > annoying. > > > > Are you already using xfree 4.x? FreeBSD 4 ships with xfree3, and > > upgrading X might make a big difference, it sure has for me. > > No, not yet. I thought that I'd ask around to see if it actually makes a > difference. > > Did you have to do anything particularly special to get the acceleration > going? I take it you have a 4090XCDT? I'm sorry I don't, however Xfree4 has been a real treat to use, you just have to get the general chipset right and it just works, it's so much better than 3 and earlier. :) -- -Alfred Perlstein [alfred@freebsd.org] 'Instead of asking why a piece of software is using "1970s technology," start asking why software is ignoring 30 years of accumulated wisdom.' Tax deductible donations for FreeBSD: http://www.freebsdfoundation.org/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-mobile" in the body of the message