From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Jan 25 7:39:11 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from pointer.raytheon.co.uk (pointer.raytheon.co.uk [193.115.14.66]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D3F5B14DAE for ; Tue, 25 Jan 2000 07:39:03 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from Chris.Smith@raytheon.co.uk) Received: from rslhub.raytheon.co.uk (unverified) by pointer.raytheon.co.uk (Content Technologies SMTPRS 2.0.15) with SMTP id ; Tue, 25 Jan 2000 15:44:06 +0000 Received: by rslhub.raytheon.co.uk(Lotus SMTP MTA v4.6.2 (693.3 8-11-1998)) id 00256871.0055DC4F ; Tue, 25 Jan 2000 15:37:49 +0000 X-Lotus-FromDomain: RAYTHEONUK From: Chris.Smith@raytheon.co.uk To: ribone@vt.edu Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-Id: <00256871.0055DA4D.00@rslhub.raytheon.co.uk> Date: Tue, 25 Jan 2000 15:37:09 +0000 Subject: Re: FreeBSD 3.2 Vanilla Install Question MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG hi, > Hi, I've recently installed FreeBSD and I've been struggling with a > couple of things, most notably my inability to get an Xserver > working for my Voodoo3 card. Ok - this could be a problem with 3.2. I got my voodoo 3 card just after FreeBSD 3.3 was released > I know xfree86 3.3.5 supports that > card, and i know there is a project out there that only distributes > their files in RPMS. There should be sources. this is not an easy option for new users. I would consider upping your FreeBSD version to 3.4 and using the XFree86 3.3.5 packages. This is probably the easiest solution on your part but unfortunately, not the cheapest. > I've tried installing RPM on my system, and I > can kludge it into working (kinda), but when I attempt to install > these files I get a message telling me that it doesn't recognize ELF > file formats. you need to run /stand/sysinstall and find the option to run in 'Linux compatibility mode'. This should sort anything out here. I think it's in configure/start-up. (I normally do yucky manual configs). > It tells me to use brandelf, which i do using the -t Linux > attribute... this doesn't work, though,.... i've tried finding suitable > documentation on this before posting a question to you, but i've > failed in that respect. you might also need up to date linux libraries as the ones you get appear to be RedHat 5.2 based - very old. > if you would happen to know of a way for me > to solve me problem and get x running it would be great. i > appreciate your time... I hope this helps to some degree. you might find out any more info at the following URL including sources (if you haven't been there already):- linux.3dfx.com Chris Smith Raytheon Systems Limited To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message