Date: Sun, 28 Dec 2003 23:44:54 -0800 From: FBSD_AS1200 <mail_list@mindspring.com> To: "S.C. Gehl" <phyx@freeshell.org> Cc: freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org Subject: Re: XFree86-Server-Snap on Alpha Message-ID: <3FEFDB76.2020901@mindspring.com> In-Reply-To: <49178.66.227.165.200.1072678557.squirrel@webmail.freeshell.org> References: <49178.66.227.165.200.1072678557.squirrel@webmail.freeshell.org>
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S.C. Gehl wrote: >X Server 4.3.99.15 nearly works. > >"XFree86 -probe" & "XFree86 -scanpci" now work and detect >the video card and suggest the driver properly. > >However, 'xf86cfg' still locks up the system when it scans >for the proper driver. > >"xf86cfg -textmode" generates a proper 'XF86Config' file >but running 'startx' locks up the system. > > >It's strange that "pciconf -lv" sees my Permedia2 & s3 >Trio64 V2/DX at pci 0:2:0 (which it is) where as X sees it >as pci 1:2:0. -cheers, S.C. Gehl >_______________________________________________ >freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org mailing list >http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-alpha >To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-alpha-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > > > The X system bundled with RedHat 7.2 works on the 1200 out of the box. Examination of the XF86Config file from the RedHat implementation suggest X calls some custom loadable objects that are not part of the standard X distribution. If these objects can be incorporated in the standard X tree they could solve the as1200 X problem.
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