Date: Tue, 28 Oct 1997 23:41:09 -0800 From: Amancio Hasty <hasty@rah.star-gate.com> To: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@time.cdrom.com> Cc: "Jamil J. Weatherbee" <jamil@trojanhorse.ml.org>, Alfred Perlstein <perlsta@cs.sunyit.edu>, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: svgalib? Message-ID: <199710290741.XAA00328@rah.star-gate.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Tue, 28 Oct 1997 18:20:19 PST." <22163.878091619@time.cdrom.com>
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> Unfortunately, using this also means that: > > a) You need to get X working first before the user can use > your little graphics utility, and getting X up is still > apparently too much of a chore for many people. > > b) It leaves people like myself who use Xaccel out in the cold > (and there are many FreeBSD Xaccel users out there) since > it does not and probably never will support the DGA extention. > > Setting up X using XFree86 is not a big deal and if you can setup Xaccel for sure you can setup XFree86 using XF86Setup --- that is if you can follow some simple minded instructions. The gaming world is turning to 3d accelerators such as the Voodoo chipset from http://www.3dfx.com and so far you will need to run Mesa/Glide . Mesa is an opengl clone and Glide is a thin layer to support the Voodoo chipset and so far you will need X for Mesa/Glide. 3dfx has release a Linux library which we can use with FreeBSD / linux emulation layer. I am just waiting for the release of linux Glquake 8) quake using the XFree86's DGA extension is much nicer than quake svgalib. The X shared memory extension which is standard are great for video playback. DGA plus XFree86's extension to change the resolution of the display is great for tv viewing -- you literally can turn a freebsd box in to a tv with Randall's fxtv and a bt848 based card . For further info about the FreeBSD Bt848 driver project see : http://www.freebsd.org/~ahasty/Bt848.html Cheers, Amancio
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