Date: Mon, 9 Apr 2001 09:11:56 +0800 From: founder.fang@philips.com To: <stable@freebsd.org>, <ajh3@chmod.ath.cx> Subject: Re: my i810 card doesn't work Message-ID: <0056920010481429000002L292*@MHS>
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i am using 4.2-release,the default installation is XFree86 3.3.x,how ca= n i install 4.0.1 in my box?the following is my dmesg.is it the version you specified? BTW,is there several version for 4.2 release?whether the release versio= n is a stable version?am i use a stable version? i have another box running 3.4,the dmesg in it was "FreeBSD 3.4-STABLE"= ,so i feel confused. what's the difference between STABLE and RELEASE?=20 my dmesg: Copyright (c) 1992-2000 The FreeBSD Project. Copyright (c) 1979, 1980, 1983, 1986, 1988, 1989, 1991, 1992, 1993, 199= 4 The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved. FreeBSD 4.2-RELEASE #3: Thu Apr 5 00:37:17 CST 2001 >The i810 is a piece of trash... I know this because I use one. Since i= t >is supported in XFree86 4.x only on Linux at this time, you are >restricted to XFree86 4.0.1 on FreeBSD, since this version has >patchfiles which correct the AGP code. In 4.0.2, the driver was totall= y >restructured, and the port maintainer has removed the old patchfiles. >Consequently, while the i810 will work in 4.0.2-4.0.3, switching >consoles and then switching back will crash your X server, and it won'= t >work properly until you reboot. >If you want a fully-functional XFree86 install for your FreeBSD box, >find an old copy of the ports tree (the one in 4.2-RELEASE works fine)= >with XFree86 4.0.1, and build it from there. Downloading the source fr= om >xfree86.org will not work, unless you intend to fix the i810 driver. >One more thing... XF86Setup is 3.3.x-only. You need to either write th= e >config file by hand, or use xf86config to build a skeleton for you. >I imagine that the generic SVGA server will work for the i810, but >somehow, dual-head at 640x480x8bpp per screen seems a little pointless= . -- >Andrew Hesford >ajh3@chmod.ath.cx = To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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