Date: Mon, 11 Mar 2002 14:23:45 +0100 From: Rickard Borgmäster <doktorn@realworld.nu> To: Alexander Leidinger <Alexander@Leidinger.net> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: MPlayer Video output Message-ID: <20020311142345.3d5b1efd.doktorn@realworld.nu> In-Reply-To: <200203071239.g27CdjwD000934@Magelan.Leidinger.net> References: <20020306195809.0ac827c3.doktorn@realworld.nu> <200203071239.g27CdjwD000934@Magelan.Leidinger.net>
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On Thu, 7 Mar 2002 13:39:45 +0100 (CET) Alexander Leidinger <Alexander@Leidinger.net> hit the keyboard and punched: > On 6 Mär, Rickard =?x-unknown?Q?Borgm=E4ster?= wrote: > > > I just downloaded the file ATI-4.1.0.i386.tar.gz and untarred it in > > /usr > > > > http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/gatos/ATI-4.1.0.i386.tar.gz > > > > Since then, I have xv enabled output on my old ATI 3D Rage Pro Card. > > Works flawlessly =) > > > > But as I understand this is compiled code, you need linux emulation > > for it to work. > > If this is a driver for XFree86-4, then you don't need the linux > emulation, they are designed to be OS independend so you are able to use > them on every OS with the same machine architecture. At least this is > how it is intended to be. If some does some nasty things in a driver, it > may get OS dependend, but then this is a "bug". Are you saying that the compiled binaries can be used on any computer regardless of operating system, just as long as X4 is used? Impessive... -- Rickard .--. .--. .----------------------------------------. | | | | .-. | Rickard Borgmäster | | | | |/ / | doktorn@sub.nu | .-^ | .--. | < | http://doktorn.sub.nu/ | ( o | ( () ) | |\ \ `----------------------------------------' `-----' `--' `--' `--' To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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