From owner-freebsd-questions Wed May 15 18:00:28 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id SAA08168 for questions-outgoing; Wed, 15 May 1996 18:00:28 -0700 (PDT) Received: from genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au [129.127.96.120]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with ESMTP id SAA08159 for ; Wed, 15 May 1996 18:00:23 -0700 (PDT) Received: from msmith@localhost by genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (8.6.12/8.6.9) id KAA01093; Thu, 16 May 1996 10:40:03 +0930 From: Michael Smith Message-Id: <199605160110.KAA01093@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> Subject: Re: ATI Video for 2.1 To: terrya@rintintin.Colorado.EDU (TERRY ALVIN MARK) Date: Thu, 16 May 1996 10:40:02 +0930 (CST) Cc: questions@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <199605141755.LAA04148@rintintin.Colorado.EDU> from "TERRY ALVIN MARK" at May 14, 96 11:55:32 am 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 TERRY ALVIN MARK stands accused of saying: > > I have FreeBSD 2.1 running on a 200MHz > Pentium Pro, but am unable to get > X Windows working. > The graphics card is an ATI Video > Xpression ATI-264VT (PCI bus). Evidently > this is not the same as the ATI Expression > mentioned in the 'xf86config' menu, even > though both are based on the Mach64 chipset. > Does anyone have any experience of the > Xpression, or could they recommend an ATI > card which does work? I'd junk the ATI card and get an S3-based card like a Number Nine. The 9FX Motion 771 would be a good choice. Alternatively, if you're determined to work with inferior hardware, hit the XFree86 FTP mirrors and grab the 3.1.2D beta release server for the Mach64 chipset - I understand that it supports several newer revisions of the hardware. > Geoff Martindale -- ]] Mike Smith, Software Engineer msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] Genesis Software genesis@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] High-speed data acquisition and (GSM mobile) 0411-222-496 [[ ]] realtime instrument control (ph/fax) +61-8-267-3039 [[ ]] Collector of old Unix hardware. "Where are your PEZ?" The Tick [[