From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Mar 28 11:18:17 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id LAA27634 for questions-outgoing; Thu, 28 Mar 1996 11:18:17 -0800 (PST) Received: from shell.aros.net (shell.aros.net [205.164.111.19]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with ESMTP id LAA27628 for ; Thu, 28 Mar 1996 11:18:15 -0800 (PST) Received: (from angio@localhost) by shell.aros.net (8.7.5/Unknown) id MAA06035; Thu, 28 Mar 1996 12:19:18 -0700 (MST) From: Dave Andersen Message-Id: <199603281919.MAA06035@shell.aros.net> Subject: Re: Video Card Question To: ebryner@ns.phbtsus.com (Earl Bryner) Date: Thu, 28 Mar 1996 12:19:18 -0700 (MST) Cc: questions@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <199603281723.JAA21049@freefall.freebsd.org> from Earl Bryner at "Mar 28, 96 10:30:02 am" X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL13 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk The first question is in the FAQ; you'll need to remove com4 from the search list in the kernel and recompile it. Glad you got it to boot, at least. :) The second one should be: Get X312B_Ma64.tgz (I think that's the filename) from ftp.xfree86.org -- it's the beta X312 drivers for the Mach 64 and they work like a charm. Of course, it expires in 2 days and they didn't have a new beta up as of two days ago, but perhaps you'll get lucky. -Dave Andersen Lo and behold, Earl Bryner once said: > I have recently been attempting to install FreeBSD 2.1 from the January 96 > release, and have encountered significant trouble configuring X. > > I have a PCI bus 100Mhz Pentium with a ATI graphics Expression video card. > The first trouble encountered is that I had to dissable all my serial ports > to keep the boot from messing with the video card. > > I am aware that the ATI card uses com4, but attempts to probe any com port causes > the video adapter to display a 'melting snow' pattern and then go blank. ( this > happens @ boot time ). > > Once I dissabled all serial ports, it will at least boot, but all attempts to > run startx fail in various forms. > > If I try to use the mach64 Xserver, my screen goes blank ( after running startx > and all attempts to abort fail even CTR ALT BSP ). > > My question is: Is there a patch available for the ATI Graphics Expression card? > if so, will it support a very new version of the card? ( I unserstand that ATI > recently changed the chip on the card ) > > Secondly: If buying a different video card is the best alternative, what kind > of card would give me the best support running on FreeBSD and WindowsNT? > > Any suggestions / comments would be appreciated. > -- angio@aros.net Complete virtual hosting and business-oriented system administration Internet services. (WWW, FTP, email) http://www.aros.net/ http://www.aros.net/about/virtual/ "There are only two industries that refer to thier customers as 'users'."