From owner-freebsd-amd64@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Apr 5 14:26:14 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 86D7416A4CE for ; Tue, 5 Apr 2005 14:26:14 +0000 (GMT) Received: from secure.socket.ch (secure.socket.ch [193.138.215.110]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F047843D1D for ; Tue, 5 Apr 2005 14:26:13 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from spreng@socket.ch) Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=secure.socket.ch) by secure.socket.ch with esmtp (Exim 4.50 (FreeBSD)) id 1DIp0I-0000MS-Qi for freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org; Tue, 05 Apr 2005 16:26:13 +0200 Received: from 130.92.9.57 (SquirrelMail authenticated user spreng@socket.ch) by secure.socket.ch with HTTP; Tue, 5 Apr 2005 16:26:06 +0200 (CEST) Message-ID: <50092.130.92.9.57.1112711166.squirrel@secure.socket.ch> In-Reply-To: <20050405140231.GA72311@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> References: <63419.130.92.9.57.1112698358.squirrel@secure.socket.ch> <20050405140231.GA72311@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> Date: Tue, 5 Apr 2005 16:26:06 +0200 (CEST) From: "Thomas Spreng" To: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org User-Agent: SquirrelMail/1.4.4 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain;charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Importance: Normal X-Spam-Score: -2.8 (--) X-Spam-Report: Spam detection software, running on the system "secure.socket.ch", hasmessagelabel similar future email. If you have any questions, see the administrator of that system for details. Content preview: > On Tue, Apr 05, 2005 at 12:52:38PM +0200, Thomas i386 since my gfx card >> should be supported on that arch. Using CPUTYPE=p4 and TARGET_ARCH=i386 >> arguments on buildworld and buildkernel targets should do the trick, >> right? > > No, it won't work. Well, it could work, but you better know > what you are doing. It would be less painful to re-install > from scratch. [...] Content analysis details: (-2.8 points, 5.0 required) pts rule name description -------------------------------------------------- -2.8 ALL_TRUSTED Did not pass through any untrusted hosts X-SA-Exim-Connect-IP: 127.0.0.1 X-SA-Exim-Mail-From: spreng@socket.ch X-SA-Exim-Scanned: No (on secure.socket.ch); SAEximRunCond expanded to false Subject: Re: revert back to i386 arch X-BeenThere: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: spreng@socket.ch List-Id: Porting FreeBSD to the AMD64 platform List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 05 Apr 2005 14:26:14 -0000 > On Tue, Apr 05, 2005 at 12:52:38PM +0200, Thomas Spreng wrote: >> >> Therefore I'd like to recompile my system back to i386 since my gfx card >> should be supported on that arch. Using CPUTYPE=p4 and TARGET_ARCH=i386 >> arguments on buildworld and buildkernel targets should do the trick, >> right? > > No, it won't work. Well, it could work, but you better know > what you are doing. It would be less painful to re-install > from scratch. yes, that will be probably easier. >> Or are there any other solutions for my problem? > > Have you asked the Xorg developers about the card? > There could be a driver/support in Xorg's cvs tree. good idea thanks for all the fast replies, Tom