From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Feb 6 12:15:17 2003 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EA46537B401 for ; Thu, 6 Feb 2003 12:15:15 -0800 (PST) Received: from www.fastmail.fm (www.fastmail.fm [66.111.4.2]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4F2FB43F85 for ; Thu, 6 Feb 2003 12:15:10 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from judmarc@fastmail.fm) Received: from www.fastmail.fm (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by localhost.localdomain (Postfix) with ESMTP id AB1C7407B for ; Thu, 6 Feb 2003 15:15:07 -0500 (EST) Received: from 127.0.0.1 ([127.0.0.1] helo=www.fastmail.fm) by fastmail.fm with SMTP; Thu, 06 Feb 2003 15:15:07 -0500 X-Epoch: 1044562507 X-Sasl-enc: RTjOfPHKGdXLEroR7OWPlw Received: from sparky (dialup-67.28.73.36.Dial1.Philadelphia1.Level3.net [67.28.73.36]) by www.fastmail.fm (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8A75322AD6 for ; Thu, 6 Feb 2003 15:15:06 -0500 (EST) Date: Thu, 06 Feb 2003 15:15:07 -0500 To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: XFree86 from CVS? From: Jud Message-ID: User-Agent: Opera7.01/Win32 M2 build 2651 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed MIME-Version: 1.0 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG The good news: I've purchased an ATI Radeon 9500 and used an available driver patch to give it the performance of the 9700 model, which costs about twice as much. :) The bad news: XFree86 4.2.0_1,1 (most recent version available with FreeBSD, I believe) doesn't work with the newest Radeons. The XFree86 CVS changelog shows 2D support (all I need ATM - willing to wait for 3D) having been added just a few days ago. My question: Is it reasonable to try to install XFree86 from CVS on FreeBSD 4-STABLE, particularly for someone who lacks good wide-ranging Unix knowledge? (I can follow simple directions - with my prior card I was using the nVidia drivers without difficulty.) Has anyone out there done this recently? Tips, "gotchas?" Thanks, Jud To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message