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Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!msuinfo!caen!usenet.cis.ufl.edu!usenet.eel.ufl.edu!MathWorks.Com!news.duke.edu!convex!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!sgiblab!pacbell.com!amdahl!netcomsv!ix.netcom.com!netcom.com!hasty From: hasty@netcom.com (Amancio Hasty Jr) Subject: Re: Using XFree 3.1 on FreeBSD 1.1.5.1: fails badly. Message-ID: <hastyCxAH3L.7u@netcom.com> Organization: Netcom Online Communications Services (408-241-9760 login: guest) References: <NJW.94Oct6094739@barney.cs.city.ac.uk> Date: Fri, 7 Oct 1994 06:09:21 GMT Lines: 31 In article <NJW.94Oct6094739@barney.cs.city.ac.uk> njw@cs.city.ac.uk (Nick Williams) writes: > >Seeing that 3.1 was kind of available, I tried using it yesterday, >with complete failure. Is 3.1 "released" yet? > XFree86-3.1 does work with FreeBSD... I don't recommend Diamond cards... Currently, I have XFree86-3.1 working on FreeBSD and OSF/1 On my FreeBSD P66 system I have an Actix S3 864 VLB. On my OSF1 P66 system I have a #9 GXE Pro PCI (S3 964). The OSF machine is working rather well at 1600x1200 and there is no reason why the same setup would not work with FreeBSD. Amancio -- FREE unix, gcc, tcp/ip, X, open-look, netaudio, tcl/tk, MIME, midi,sound at freebsd.cdrom.com:/pub/FreeBSD Amancio Hasty, Consultant Home: (415) 495-3046 e-mail hasty@netcom.com