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From: michaelv@iastate.edu (Michael L. VanLoon)
Subject: Re: XFree86/NetBSD 0.9/S3 problems.
Message-ID: <michaelv.748672755@ponderous.cc.iastate.edu>
Keywords: X, NetBSD, S3
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References: <DWHHBKHH@math.fu-berlin.de> <E1HHB7WM@math.fu-berlin.de> <hastyCDq6oC.591@netcom.com> <27ofuf$f9b@pdq.coe.montana.edu>
Date: Wed, 22 Sep 1993 04:39:15 GMT
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In <27ofuf$f9b@pdq.coe.montana.edu> osyjm@cs.montana.edu (Jaye Mathisen) writes:

>In article <hastyCDq6oC.591@netcom.com>,
>Amancio Hasty Jr <hasty@netcom.com> wrote:
>>In article <E1HHB7WM@math.fu-berlin.de> pipes@knock1.mgh.harvard.edu (Robert A. Wheeler) writes:

>>>I'm running a DECpc 433dxLP, which is a 33mhz 486, 16mb ram, using
>>>NetBSD 0.9, and XFree86 1.3.  The X system works well in monochrome,

>To be blunt, you would be best to wait until XFree86 2.0 is out, the S3
>server in there should work fine.

>But I think you're stuck until Xfree86-2.0 is released, or somebody fixes
>XS3 to run.  I was going to mess with it, but decided to bail back to
>FreeBSD.

Which brings up the question, when will XFree86-2.0 be out?

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