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From: dawes@physics.su.oz.au (David Dawes)
Subject: Re: Patched XF86_S3 binary for FreeBSD 2.0R?
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Date: Fri, 9 Dec 1994 05:06:14 GMT
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In article <3c7joa$i3k@info.usuhs.mil>,
Michael Dobson <dobson@info.usuhs.mil> wrote:
>Has anyone compiled the patched XFree86-3.1 S3 driver for FreeBSD
>2.0-RELEASE yet? The current one totaly locks up my IBM PS/Value Point 486
>system with an 805 rev C S3 chip and ATT20C491-11 Ramdac on the motherboard
>(VLB). I can use the VGA16 driver successfully but haven't figured out the
>correct XF86Config for the SVGA driver yet.
Which patch are you referring to? The 3.1 S3 server binary for 2.0-RELEASE
is at PL3.
If by some chance the ramdac probing is causing a problem on your system,
try adding the following line to the Device section of your XF86Config:
Ramdac "att20c490"
David
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