Date: Wed, 13 Jun 2001 12:44:35 -0400 (EDT) From: Andrew Gallatin <gallatin@cs.duke.edu> To: "Cor Hilbrink" <cor@hilbrink.nl> Cc: <freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Graphical card Alpha DS10l supported under X11?? Message-ID: <15143.39027.877073.655469@grasshopper.cs.duke.edu> In-Reply-To: <007f01c0f426$bc9b41c0$978788d4@hilbrink.nl> References: <007f01c0f426$bc9b41c0$978788d4@hilbrink.nl>
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Cor Hilbrink writes: > Hello. > > For the moment we are trying to install a DS10L with FreeBSD for Alpha. > This machine contains a Elsa Gloria Synergy-8 video adapter, does anyone know how to configure X? > We tried several cardtypes, but thusfar we didn't suceed to get XWindows running properly. > > I hope that anyone can tell us a bit more how this can be solved. > You failed to mention what version of FreeBSD you're using, what version of the XFree86 distro you're using & what the trouble is. Without this informaiton, there's not a lot anybody here can do to help you, other than to make general suggestion. If you're using XFree86 3.x, note that (as David O'Brien pointed out): The "graphical" XFree86 configuration program -- XF86Setup program *requires* the VGA16 server. This server does NOT build on the Alpha. Not just FreeBSD/alpha, but AlphaLinux and Tru86 also. The issue with using the text-only xf86config is that it does not know about moused's sysmouse. Thus you either cannot use moused, or you must hack the /etc/XF86Config file xf86config creates to specify sysmouse. Note that you'll want to use the XF86_3DLabs Xserver under XF86 3.x For what its worth, I just built XF86 4.1.0 from ports & the XServer for the AGP Elsa Gloria Synergy card seems to work just fine on my UP1000. I'm not sure what the trailing -8 of your card signifies. I hope this random smattering of information is somewhat helpful. BTW, please don't post html on the freebsd mailing lists. Cheers, Drew ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Andrew Gallatin, Sr Systems Programmer http://www.cs.duke.edu/~gallatin Duke University Email: gallatin@cs.duke.edu Department of Computer Science Phone: (919) 660-6590 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-alpha" in the body of the message
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