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From: michaelv@iastate.edu (Michael L. VanLoon)
Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions
Subject: Re: XFree-2.0 & ATI Ultra
Date: 31 Mar 94 19:47:27 GMT
Organization: Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa
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In <mldCnIqqA.1MI@netcom.com> mld@netcom.com (Matthew Deter) writes:
>Has anyone out there managed to get XFree2.0 working with the ATI
>Ultra card? (NOT the ATI Ultra Plus or Ultra Pro, but the vailla 1
>Meg Ultra) When I try "startx" my monitor (NEC 4FG) switches modes
>and then the server dies (fatal error -- no real explanation other
>than the usual "broken pipe" message).
>I am trying to get the Ultra working with either the ATI accelerated
>driver (1024x768 non-interlace) or 8514/A (also 1024x768
>non-interlace). Has anyone done this? Or do I have to settle for
>640x480 VGA? (I'd really rather not do that....)
>BTW, I am running FreeBSD 1.0.
I run an old ATI 8514/Ultra (the one that didn't have VGA on-board).
Are you using the right driver? My board is a Mach-8 processor, but
still gives me excellent performance under X. You should probably be
using the old XF86_Mach8 server if you have an older card. If it's
the newer Mach-32 processor, use the XF86_Mach32 server.
I've had no problems at all using my board with XFree86-2.0 or 2.1
under NetBSD-current.
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michaelv@iastate.edu Project Vincent Systems Staff
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