Date: Sun, 2 Dec 2001 08:44:35 -0500 (EST) From: Chris BeHanna <behanna@zbzoom.net> To: FreeBSD-Stable <stable@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: X and non-X graphics in 4.4-STABLE: system hangs. Message-ID: <20011202084307.L80717-100000@topperwein.dyndns.org> In-Reply-To: <20011202134259.A1204@grosbein.pp.ru>
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On Sun, 2 Dec 2001, Eugene Grosbein wrote:
> On Sat, Dec 01, 2001 at 10:59:04PM -0500, Chris BeHanna wrote:
>
> > I know that there are people out there doing this on a shoestring
> > budget and all, but S3 video chipsets are, in my experience, crap. If
> > you spend $40 US or so on even an old video board such as an ATI Rage
> > Pro, these problems will most likely vanish.
> > You can probably get a decent video board for even less than that.
>
> It seems to be offtopic, but S3 Trio3D worked just fine with 4.3-RELEASE
> and Windows95OSR2. If it is not buggy it should work with 4.4-STABLE.
*Should*, yes, in an ideal world, but how much time do you want
the committers to spend supporting crap hardware?
It's also possible, for that matter, that your S3 Trio3D is
flaking out, given your experience that building and booting
4.3-RELEASE didn't fix your problem.
--
Chris BeHanna
Software Engineer (Remove "bogus" before responding.)
behanna@bogus.zbzoom.net
I was raised by a pack of wild corn dogs.
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