Date: Mon, 28 Feb 2000 23:55:46 +0100 From: Wilko Bulte <wilko@yedi.iaf.nl> To: Andrew Gallatin <gallatin@cs.duke.edu> Cc: freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org Subject: Re: X on Miata / Mach64 SVGA -> crash 'n burn Message-ID: <20000228235546.A4508@yedi.iaf.nl> In-Reply-To: <14522.61252.428869.350843@grasshopper.cs.duke.edu>; from gallatin@cs.duke.edu on Mon, Feb 28, 2000 at 04:59:49PM -0500 References: <20000228215655.A2707@yedi.iaf.nl> <14522.61252.428869.350843@grasshopper.cs.duke.edu>
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On Mon, Feb 28, 2000 at 04:59:49PM -0500, Andrew Gallatin wrote: > > Wilko Bulte writes: > > I'm currently trying to setup my Miata MX5 to run X. Sofar this fails > > miserably with Mach64 based cards (both ISA and PCI). Starting X gets > > me straight to the >>> SRM prompt. > > > > I also tried using a S3 765 based card and in that case a X -probeonly > > gives me 'machine check while in PAL mode'. Cute.. > > > > This is 4.0-RC2, with the card in a 64 bit PCI slot (before the PCI > > bridge). Putting it in a 32 bit slot (behind the bridge) gives me a straight > > reboot. > > > > Suggestions are welcome, I like this thing to demo at Jordan's visit to > > Holland next saturday. Obviously it would be nice if it worked a bit > > better then ;-) > > I've had no horrible problems with a 3dlabs Permedia-2 based card. I > had it in an MX5 for a week or so before I updated to a GL. It was in > one of the 64-bit slots. Hm. What chipset uses that card, in other words what XF* server binary drives it? I can try this exercise on my GL too, but I rather take the MX5 on the road for various reasons. > I haven't been able to get 3.9.x to work, but that is a different ball > of wax. 3.9.x ?? Xfree release? -- Wilko Bulte Arnhem, The Netherlands http://www.tcja.nl The FreeBSD Project: http://www.freebsd.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-alpha" in the body of the message
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