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Date:      Thu, 18 Jun 1998 19:13:26 -0400
From:      Clendaniel Ian IB <ian.clendaniel@phwilm.zeneca.com>
To:        "'spork'" <spork@super-g.com>
Cc:        "'freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG'" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>, "'Peter Hakanson'" <peter@gbg.netman.se>
Subject:   RE: Neomagic chipset and Xfree86
Message-ID:  <c=GB%a=TMAILUK%p=ZENECA%l=USUWPHMSX10-980618231326Z-20604@usuwphmsxhub02.usuwph.zeneca.com>

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>From: 	spork[SMTP:spork@super-g.com]
>Sent: 	Thursday, June 18, 1998 2:25 PM
>To: 	Clendaniel Ian IB
>Cc: 	'freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG'; 'Peter Hakanson'
>Subject: 	RE: Neomagic chipset and Xfree86
>
>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
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>> >
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