Date: Tue, 23 May 2000 06:59:38 +0000 From: Tony Griffiths <tonyg@OntheNet.com.au> To: Duane Eddingfield <deddingf@home.com> Cc: freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Alpha version and Xwindows... Message-ID: <392A2C5A.B9241D2F@OntheNet.com.au> References: <392A01DC.ED5315B2@home.com>
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Duane Eddingfield wrote: > Hi: > > I have an AlphaStation 255 with a 'Number Nine' video card (S3 Trio > 64 - 2 MB). I am running > Tru64 UNIX which is quite fine except that I work in a place that uses > Solaris and Linux. I am > thinking that this would be a killer FreeBSD box for 4.0. > I'm running X on my Alphastation 200 4/100 (Yes, that's a 100MHz Alpha!) and it is doing fine. The S3 card with 4MB is running file although I did need to copy the config file from an x86 system with the same card 'cause I couldn't get XF86Configure to generate one that the server would accept (no mode line ...) > What I am wondering is basically does XFree86 run on the Alphstation > and can I have all > the glitzy stuff like on the Intel versions. XFree86 3.3.6 would do just > fine but can I have KDE > or FVWM and stuff like that. > I'm using fvwm2 with multiple desktops, etc. Also installed the OSF compatibility stuff (osf1_enable="YES" in rc.conf and install the emulators/osf1_base product) so I could run the OSF version of Netscape/Communicator. Apart from a minor date hitch (it sends email with a GMT offset of 0000 even though my machine is setup correctly with GMT offset +1000), it's working quite ok. The only remaining problem is that some of the packaged apps (gv/ghostview/...) generate millions of unaligned-access traps. I've currently got the Tru64 Unix Freeware CDROM loaded (sources rather than binaries 'cause I'm missing some X11 ECOFF libs [libXaw.so] that the binaries want). Hopefully I can rebuilt the X apps that I want from the modified sources and generate a 'native' ELF binary without the alignment faults! Tony ********************************************************************** This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. If you have received this email in error please notify postmaster@OntheNet.com.au This footnote also confirms that this email message has been swept by MIMEsweeper for the presence of computer viruses. ********************************************************************** To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-alpha" in the body of the message
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