Date: Tue, 4 Jun 1996 10:19:43 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White <dwhite@riley-net170-164.uoregon.edu> To: Tim Vanderhoek <hoek@freenet.hamilton.on.ca> Cc: "Eugene N. Minkevitch" <don@ts.sibacc.nsk.su>, questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: ATI MACH64 /PCI-V264CT Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.91.960604101831.5366A-100000@riley-net170-164.uoregon.edu> In-Reply-To: <Pine.SOL.3.91.960604045815.19765B-100000@james.freenet.hamilton.on.ca>
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On Tue, 4 Jun 1996, Tim Vanderhoek wrote: > On Tue, 4 Jun 1996, Eugene N. Minkevitch wrote: > > > Can i get any tips how to force FreeBSD 2.1 to work with ati mach64 > > (pci-v264ct). During testing hardware at install BSD turns ati in suspend > > mode and hangs. I try it on Pentium-133 / asustek motherboard, and on > > dx4-120 /asustek motherboard, with two different ati mach64. The result > > was the same. > > I've got the ASUS PCI-V264CT one (same thing, I'd guess). Neither the > distributed Mach64 X server, nor the distributed SVGA X server will work > with it for me. > > At the moment, I'm using the VGA16 X server, which works fine but is > rather slow and pokey (and, of course, VGA). Ouch! > If you have a look at http://www.xfree86.org and find the FAQ, you will > see that you need a BETA X server for all 'CT' Mach 64s. I did just try > that BETA X server, but it didn't work -- however, I didn't have time to > look into it much farther, so I could well have done something wrongly. I think so. The betas do expire after a time. The current beta is 3.1.2E. I'm running this on a CT generation ATI Graphics Pro Turbo and it works like a champ. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major
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