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Date:      Thu, 7 Mar 2002 13:51:22 -0800
From:      Johnson David <djohnson@acuson.com>
To:        Joshua Lokken <inspector.us@omicnet.com>, Newbie list <freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: Postscript
Message-ID:  <20020307215142.EB1D737B421@hub.freebsd.org>
In-Reply-To: <000d01c1c621$28252d30$7404e9c6@inspector2>
References:  <000d01c1c621$28252d30$7404e9c6@inspector2>

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On Thursday 07 March 2002 01:43 pm, Joshua Lokken wrote:
> further to FreeBSD/Linux/XFree86...
>
> XFree86 (4.1.0) says it supports the accelerated Rage 128 chipset, but
> doesn't mention Rage 128 Pro.  I've read that I shouldn't assume
> compatibility, but it makes sense to me that the card would be supported.
> I've searched ATI, XFree86, and the FreeBSD docs..  Should I just try it
> and see if it works?  I'd rather not lose the card or my monitor if
> possible...what experience do folks out there have with situations like
> this?

I have the Rage 128 Pro at work, and I had problems with it under 4.1.0. 
There are some patches out there that I have used to get it to work, but they 
are far from trivial to patch into the port. But XFree86-4.2.0 works 
wonderful! Unfortunately the XFree86-4.2.0 port was backed out for the 
FreeBSD-4.5 release, and hasn't been put back in yet. I do have a tarball of 
the port if you need it.

David

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