Date: Thu, 18 Jun 1998 14:25:33 -0400 (EDT) From: spork <spork@super-g.com> To: Clendaniel Ian IB <ian.clendaniel@phwilm.zeneca.com> Cc: "'freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG'" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>, "'Peter Hakanson'" <peter@gbg.netman.se> Subject: RE: Neomagic chipset and Xfree86 Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980618142436.28209A-100000@super-g.inch.com> In-Reply-To: <c=GB%a=TMAILUK%p=ZENECA%l=USUWPHMSX10-980616222730Z-17439@usuwphmsxhub02.usuwph.zeneca.com>
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Do you have a URL for this? I'd love to have full screen X on my laptop for free... Thanks, Charles Charles Sprickman spork@super-g.com ---- On Tue, 16 Jun 1998, Clendaniel Ian IB wrote: > I had been trying to set up my laptops with xfree86 for a while and had > gotten the XiG server (www.xig.com) working pretty well... I had some > free time last night so I downloaded the source from Jeff's page and > compiled it. I successfully installed it on two different machines > (same video- Neomagic 128ZV+) without a problem. I will say that it is > much easier if you manually edit the XF86Config file and _only_ add the > specified screen, display, and adapter sections. In both cases when I > did this it worked fine, albeit a little slower than the accelerated XiG > system (for $200 I can live without the accereration for now). > > --Ian > > > Ian Clendaniel > IT Technition > Zeneca Pharmaceuticals > FOC1 NW255 > x4494 > >---------- > >From: Peter Hakanson[SMTP:peter@gbg.netman.se] > >Sent: Monday, June 15, 1998 5:05 AM > >To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG > >Subject: Neomagic chipset and Xfree86 > > > >Dear FreeBSD community. > > > >A few weeks ago i installed freebsd on top of my company laptop (DIGITAL > >700) using neomagic > >chipset. > > > >Everything worked ok, it even booted from the CD ! > > > >But when it came to X server selection i was stuck. Nothing but the > >16 color server in 640x400 worked. It came down to lack of support for > >neomagic chipset. > > > >Browsing around Internet gave me a clue of js@mnsinc.com (Jeff Shorey) > >who > >actually made a running server on xfree86 on Linux. > > > >I grabbed the code and downloaded xfree86 source. > > > >The xfree build was painless, but i just could't incorporate jeffs > >driver. > > > >Anyone who mannaged to build one of these ? Or any other clues > >how to obtain neomagic chipsets running ? > > > >Regards > > > >-- > >Peter Hakanson Phone +46 0707 32 81 01 > >Network Management AB Fax +46 031 779 7844 > > > >pub 1024/3D18CE6D 1998/04/03 Peter Hakanson > >Key fingerprint = F2 BC E6 DF 8F D5 A2 1D 12 52 4C 1E 12 87 81 20 > > > > > > > > > >To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > >with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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