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Subject: Re: XFree86-Server-Snap on Alpha
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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
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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.