Date: Thu, 26 Sep 2002 11:13:53 -0700 From: Brooks Davis <brooks@one-eyed-alien.net> To: Mikhail Teterin <mi+mx@aldan.algebra.com> Cc: Bob Bomar <bulldog@fxp.org>, hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Parhelia and FreeBSD Message-ID: <20020926111351.A26046@Odin.AC.HMC.Edu> In-Reply-To: <200209261405.37340.mi%2Bmx@aldan.algebra.com>; from mi%2Bmx@aldan.algebra.com on Thu, Sep 26, 2002 at 02:05:37PM -0400 References: <200209260011.11510@aldan> <20020926051743.GC49212@peitho.fxp.org> <200209261405.37340.mi%2Bmx@aldan.algebra.com>
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[-- Attachment #1 --] On Thu, Sep 26, 2002 at 02:05:37PM -0400, Mikhail Teterin wrote: > On Thursday 26 September 2002 01:17 am, Bob Bomar wrote: > = On Thu, Sep 26, 2002 at 12:11:11AM -0400, Mikhail Teterin wrote: > = > Does Matrox' Parhelia work for anyone on FreeBSD? With X11 on two or three > = > digital monitors? Thanks! > > = I was wondering the same thing, Matrox released the 2D Linux drivers, > = and in the past, the Linux dirvers worked pretty good on my boxes, > = but I am curious to how the Parhelia does. > > Mmm, you mean, one can just force the Linux mtx_drv.o into the XFree86 > and get away with it? It is only available in binary :-( Or am I missing > something? Thanks! That's how the 4.x XFree86 driver infrastructure works. Drivers are only architecture dependent, not OS dependent. I use the gatos binary drivers for the ATI Rage P/M Mobility in my laptop so I can get xv support and the page is nearly 100% linux: http://gatos.sourceforge.net/ati.2.php -- Brooks -- Any statement of the form "X is the one, true Y" is FALSE. PGP fingerprint 655D 519C 26A7 82E7 2529 9BF0 5D8E 8BE9 F238 1AD4 [-- Attachment #2 --] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org iD8DBQE9k05eXY6L6fI4GtQRApowAKClowGRan5x+FKn8bsX9tBdrFaSbQCcDOQU FOo9wktGtGBWlXhdnReUlUI= =PJLW -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----help
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