Date: Wed, 22 Aug 2001 09:51:15 -0700 From: Jim Pirzyk <Jim.Pirzyk@disney.com> To: Andrew Gallatin <gallatin@cs.duke.edu> Cc: freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org Subject: Re: XFree86-4 and alpha DS10 Message-ID: <01082209511502.47205@snoopy> In-Reply-To: <15235.57688.52231.201459@grasshopper.cs.duke.edu> References: <0108211748400B.25171@snoopy> <01082209254200.47205@snoopy> <15235.57688.52231.201459@grasshopper.cs.duke.edu>
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On Wednesday 22 August 2001 09:44 am, Andrew Gallatin wrote:
> Jim Pirzyk writes:
> > Hmmm, Tried that version and it hung on me again (under 4.3-RELEASE)
> > Are you using the GENERIC kernel? I was not and this is my
> > next test. I also forgot to mention that I have the ATI xpert 128
> > pci card in the system (with 16MB) of ram. I also get a 'beep' right
> > after I do the 'X -probeonly'.
>
> I suspect that its not making it through the BIOS emulator in XFree86
> -- ati cards are supposed to be especially bad at this. I've heard
> that some ATI cards don't even make it through the SRM console bios
> emulation code & are not usable as console devices. Can you use your
> graphics head as a console?
>
> Can you try a different card? Like a Permedia-2 based card (like the
> ELSA that DEQ ships w/their workstations) or a Matrox?
I do use the card as a console device. I had picked this card because
it was listed as a card that worked with the DRI on an alpha system,
but maybe not with the version of the SRM that I have (I do have
5.5 on it). Maybe I should upgrade the SRM on the system. If all
else fails, I do have a Matrox Millenium II card that I can try out.
- JimP
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