Date: Tue, 16 Jun 1998 18:27:30 -0400 From: Clendaniel Ian IB <ian.clendaniel@phwilm.zeneca.com> To: "'freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG'" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>, "'Peter Hakanson'" <peter@gbg.netman.se> Subject: RE: Neomagic chipset and Xfree86 Message-ID: <c=GB%a=TMAILUK%p=ZENECA%l=USUWPHMSX10-980616222730Z-17439@usuwphmsxhub02.usuwph.zeneca.com>
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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 > > > > >To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org >with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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