Xfree86 4.0 (mach stuff)

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Xfree86 4.0 (mach stuff)

From: James B. Parker <hidden>
Date: 2000-03-17 18:39:56

I noticed plenty of people working on getting rage128 hardware working with
4.0, so where is the support for earlier hardware (rage pro, rage ++,
whatever)?  I am sure not everyone running LinuxPPC has a rage 128 setup.
Or am I just missing something (like the same config file works for both)?

If I knew what the heck to do with the 4.0 config file to get it working
with my ATI rage pro chip, I certainly would give it a try.
Any suggestions?
James


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Re: Xfree86 4.0 (mach stuff)

From: Morningstar <hidden>
Date: 2000-03-17 19:11:05

On Fri, 17 Mar 2000, James B. Parker wrote:
I noticed plenty of people working on getting rage128 hardware working with
4.0, so where is the support for earlier hardware (rage pro, rage ++,
whatever)?  I am sure not everyone running LinuxPPC has a rage 128 setup.
Or am I just missing something (like the same config file works for both)?
	If I recall looking at the docs, Rage Pro and the rest are already
 supported by 4.0. I'ts the 128's that need the tweaking. I've got a Rage
 Pro built in video (I use a Nexus 128 PCI) and X4.0 had no trouble with
 it or finding the drivers for it. Still don't have X up though, working
 on the 'no screens' problem...



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Re: Xfree86 4.0 (mach stuff)

From: Michel D�nzer <hidden>
Date: 2000-03-18 07:49:36

"James B. Parker" wrote:
I noticed plenty of people working on getting rage128 hardware working with
4.0, so where is the support for earlier hardware (rage pro, rage ++,
whatever)?
The ati driver is for them (although not very well accelerated yet), but I
doubt it works on PPC yet due to the usual problems (endianness, endianness
and endianness, ... :)

Kostas Gewrgiou, me and maybe others are working on a general solution to make
most drivers work with only minor changes or no changes at all.

I am sure not everyone running LinuxPPC has a rage 128 setup.
Or am I just missing something (like the same config file works for both)?
No, the Rage128 uses the r128 driver.

If I knew what the heck to do with the 4.0 config file to get it working
with my ATI rage pro chip, I certainly would give it a try.
Any suggestions?
Look at the XF86Config manpage, the format of the file has changed.


Michel


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