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Xref: sserve comp.os.386bsd.questions:8400 comp.windows.x.i386unix:6938 Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!bunyip.cc.uq.oz.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!yeshua.marcam.com!usc!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!ftpbox!mothost!delphinium.cig.mot.com!zeus!aztec!essenl From: essenl@aztec.swindon.rtsg.mot.com (Lee Essen) Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions,comp.windows.x.i386unix Subject: NetBSD/XFree2.0 & Diamond Stelth 24VLB Date: 31 Jan 1994 09:47:52 GMT Organization: Motorola Ltd., European Cellular Infrastructure Division Lines: 35 Sender: essenl@aztec (Lee Essen) Distribution: world Message-ID: <2iik48$18s@zeus.swindon.rtsg.mot.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: aztec.swindon.rtsg.mot.com Yes, I know they aren't supported, but i've got one and I want to use it for more than just plain text! I've got hold of the ds3 program for linux and done some extensive reworking to get it to work on NetBSD. Since I don't know how to access IO ports from a user program, I ended up turning ds3 into a device driver which responds to ioctl's from a user program. It all appears to work, when you run it, the screen blanks and then comes back after about half a second, all my diagnostic messages say everying is ok. Now, When I try to fire up XF86_S3 it goes through the probing stage and prints out the list of supported cards, mouse, font path etc and then just exits with absolutely no errors at all. (It doesn't call the ds3 program). The screen doesn't flicker or anything! Is this something I'm doing wrong? Xconfig file problems? Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks, Lee. -- MIS Technical Support Email: essenl@aztec.swindon.rtsg.mot.com Motorola Ltd Phone: +44 793 545336 16 Euroway, Blagrove Swindon, Wiltshire SN5 8YW