Date: Wed, 13 Jun 2001 19:39:08 +0200 From: "Cor Hilbrink" <cor@hilbrink.nl> To: "Andrew Gallatin" <gallatin@cs.duke.edu> Cc: <freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Graphical card Alpha DS10l supported under X11?? Message-ID: <008501c0f42f$c01f7060$978788d4@hilbrink.nl> References: <007f01c0f426$bc9b41c0$978788d4@hilbrink.nl> <15143.39027.877073.655469@grasshopper.cs.duke.edu>
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Hello Andrew, Thanks for your quick response... I did use the CDrom kit version 4.1 for Alpha, i don't have newer versions here available yet. I will give it another try ofcourse. Regards, Cor Hilbrink. ----- Original Message ----- From: Andrew Gallatin <gallatin@cs.duke.edu> To: Cor Hilbrink <cor@hilbrink.nl> Cc: <freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG> Sent: Wednesday, June 13, 2001 6:44 PM Subject: Re: Graphical card Alpha DS10l supported under X11?? > > Cor Hilbrink writes: > > Hello. > > > > For the moment we are trying to install a DS10L with FreeBSD for Alpha. > > This machine contains a Elsa Gloria Synergy-8 video adapter, does anyone know how to configure X? > > We tried several cardtypes, but thusfar we didn't suceed to get XWindows running properly. > > > > I hope that anyone can tell us a bit more how this can be solved. > > > > You failed to mention what version of FreeBSD you're using, what > version of the XFree86 distro you're using & what the trouble is. > Without this informaiton, there's not a lot anybody here can do to > help you, other than to make general suggestion. > > If you're using XFree86 3.x, note that (as David O'Brien pointed out): > > The "graphical" XFree86 configuration program -- XF86Setup program > *requires* the VGA16 server. This server does NOT build on the > Alpha. Not just FreeBSD/alpha, but AlphaLinux and Tru86 also. > > The issue with using the text-only xf86config is that it does not > know about moused's sysmouse. Thus you either cannot use moused, > or you must hack the /etc/XF86Config file xf86config creates to > specify sysmouse. > > Note that you'll want to use the XF86_3DLabs Xserver under XF86 3.x > > For what its worth, I just built XF86 4.1.0 from ports & the XServer > for the AGP Elsa Gloria Synergy card seems to work just fine > on my UP1000. I'm not sure what the trailing -8 of your card > signifies. > > I hope this random smattering of information is somewhat helpful. > > BTW, please don't post html on the freebsd mailing lists. > > Cheers, > > Drew > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- > Andrew Gallatin, Sr Systems Programmer http://www.cs.duke.edu/~gallatin > Duke University Email: gallatin@cs.duke.edu > Department of Computer Science Phone: (919) 660-6590 > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-alpha" in the body of the message
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