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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
> >
> >
> >
> >
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