Date: Wed, 5 Jul 2000 10:54:22 -0400 From: "leegold" <goldtech@worldpost.com> To: <freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org> Cc: =?iso-8859-1?Q?Jukka_Simil=E4?= <jukka.simila@sveg.se.sykes.com> Subject: Re: X Windows Problem Message-ID: <000b01bfe690$e8784b20$34dea4d8@beefstew>
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Of course. Note: I said " - yet -". If the card is not supported "yet". > I'll stick to my opinion: > one should always check the latest release if he want's support for a new > card. > > > " yet " > > > "> 2. If the card is not supported - yet - swap in a different card > > which is supported." > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: leegold [mailto:goldtech@worldpost.com] > > Sent: Wednesday, July 05, 2000 4:28 PM > > To: Jukka Similä > > Cc: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org > > Subject: Re: X Windows Problem > > > > > > 1. There's nothing wrong w/ATI cards. The ATI XPERT 2000 32MB > > for ~ $89 is > > an excellent value. > > > > 2. If the card is not supported - yet - swap in a different card > > which is supported. > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: Jukka Similä <jukka.simila@sveg.se.sykes.com> > > To: 'leegold' <goldtech@worldpost.com>; <WeServeU@northnet.org> > > Cc: <freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org> > > Sent: Wednesday, July 05, 2000 2:45 AM > > Subject: RE: X Windows Problem > > > > > > > > > > I wouldn't recommend buying a new (older?) card just > > because some other is > > > not yet working. First you should try if Xfree 4.0.1 > > supports it. (Well, > > > only reason why I would recommend buying a new card is that > > now you have > > an > > > ati;) This is from readme for rage 128 cards: > > > > > > 4. Reported Working Video Cards > > > > > > o Rage Fury AGP 32MB > > > > > > o XPERT 128 AGP 16MB > > > > > > o XPERT 99 AGP 8MB > > > > > > There is a completely new driver for 128 cards in 4.0, and > > there seems to > > > be already 4.0.1 version.. > > > take a look at www.xfree86.org and mirror sites at > > > http://www.xfree86.org/MIRRORS.shtml > > > > > > > > Hello, > > > > > > > > > > I am using an AMD K62 at 550, DFI Motherboard, 128 Megs > > of RAM. My > > > > > video card is a XPERT 2000 from ATI it uses the 128 bit > > > > graphics chip. > > > > > I am using Free BSD OS 4.0 and here is my problem. > > Under X Windows > > > > > using the SVGA server and using the R128 driver everything > > > > works fine. > > > > > However, fonts in terminal windows or fonts in the title > > > > bar of windows > > > > > and in pop-up windows won't display correctly. Their appearance > > > > > resembles bar codes and is completely unreadible. I have > > > > tried every > > > > > ATI 128 bit graphics card on the list and it makes no > > > > difference, same > > > > > result occurs. Under Free BSD OS 4.0 I have tried the VGA > > > > 16 server to > > > > > see if the problem occurs in that mode and it simple will > > > > not work no > > > > > matter how I have tried it. Under Free BSD 3.3 VGA 16 X > > > > Window server > > > > > works fine; I can see all the fonts and everything > > works perfectly. > > > > > However, there are no 128 bit drivers for ATI cards under > > > > BSD 3.3. BSD > > > > > 3.3 uses X windows version 3.35. BSD 4 uses X Window 3.36. > > > > I am utterly > > > > > > > > > > frustrated at this point with this problem because I don't > > > > know if it's > > > > > because my graphics card (ATI Xpert 2000) is not directly > > > > supported or > > > > > is it some other problem I am unaware of? > > > > > > > > > > Thank you for your time. > > > > > > > > > > Aaron P. Smith > > > > > weserveu@northnet.org > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > > > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message > > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message
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