Date: Mon, 28 Feb 2000 16:59:49 -0500 (EST) From: Andrew Gallatin <gallatin@cs.duke.edu> To: Wilko Bulte <wilko@yedi.iaf.nl> Cc: freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org Subject: Re: X on Miata / Mach64 SVGA -> crash 'n burn Message-ID: <14522.61252.428869.350843@grasshopper.cs.duke.edu> In-Reply-To: <20000228215655.A2707@yedi.iaf.nl> References: <20000228215655.A2707@yedi.iaf.nl>
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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. I haven't been able to get 3.9.x to work, but that is a different ball of wax. 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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