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Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!news.Hawaii.Edu!ames!agate!howland.reston.ans.net!europa.eng.gtefsd.com!uunet!news.smith.edu!sophia.smith.edu!jfieber From: jfieber@sophia.smith.edu (J Fieber) Subject: Re: XFree86/NetBSD 0.9/S3 problems. Message-ID: <1993Sep22.205851.9595@sophia.smith.edu> Keywords: X, NetBSD, S3 Sender: news@sophia.smith.edu Nntp-Posting-Host: sophia.smith.edu Organization: Smith College, Northampton, MA, USA References: <E1HHB7WM@math.fu-berlin.de> <hastyCDq6oC.591@netcom.com> <27ofuf$f9b@pdq.coe.montana.edu> <LTIHBZ4W@math.fu-berlin.de> Date: Wed, 22 Sep 1993 20:58:51 GMT Lines: 18 In article <LTIHBZ4W@math.fu-berlin.de>, Robert A. Wheeler <pipes@knock1.mgh.harvard.edu> wrote: > >Regarding current problems with XS3 on NetBSD... > >Aha! I am not married to running NB 0.9... Would the FreeBSD + XFree86 1.3 >be a likely combination on this platform? DECpc 433dx + S3. Works for me. :) I have an Orchid 1208 VLB (s3-805) and am using the XS3-805 server from sunvis.rtpnc.epa.gov. There are some quirks---don't use it with xdm, some fonts turn out with "blobs" on them---but it is functional. -john -- === jfieber@sophia.smith.edu ================================================ === 42 19 30 N 72 38 30 W ========== Come up and be a kite! --K. Bush ===