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From: cliftf@sanpete.et.byu.edu (Fred Clift)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc
Subject: Re: BSDI with new S3 968 ???
Date: 05 Jun 1995 16:43:06 GMT
Organization: Brigham Young University, Provo UT USA
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In-reply-to: jin@gracie.lbl.gov's message of 2 Jun 1995 23:47:14 GMT
>>>>> "Jin" == Jin Guojun[ITG] <jin@gracie.lbl.gov> writes:
In article <3qo7u2$5vu@overload.lbl.gov> jin@gracie.lbl.gov (Jin Guojun[ITG]) writes:
Jin> In article <D9IH90.Bx2@eclipse.sheridanc.on.ca>, Mark Zander
Jin> <mark.zander@sheridanc.on.ca> wrote:
>> Steve Ritacco (sritacco@mv.us.adobe.com) wrote: : Hi, : Can
>> anyone tell me if they have BSDI and X up and running on a card
>> with the : S3 968 controller ??? I would like to upgrade from
>> a 964 card...
>>
>> Steve
>>
>> The release notes for BSD/OS ver2.0 from BSDI says the 86C968
>> chip is supported. It would just be a matter of running
>> /usr/X11/bin/Xsetup and choosing your card from the list.
>>
>> Make sure, 'thought, that you 'setenv TERM ibmpc3' before
>> running Xsetup or you may not be able to save and exit!
>>
>> later. mark.
Jin> Hm... The BSDi BSD/OS book, on page 17, says that 86C928,
Jin> 86C964, and 86C968 are supported at 1600X1280 resolution,
Jin> however, it is not true. I bought two new Diamond Stealth 64
Jin> VIDEO VRAM (S3 86C968-p), the Xsetup says that the chipset is
Jin> not supported. So, I went back to the dealer and changed one
Jin> board to old Diamond Stealth 64 VRAM (S3 86C964), the X is
Jin> setup, but then resolution has only 1280x1024.
Jin> I try to modify the source, oops, the Xccal is not in source
Jin> distribution. Would some one there please tell me how I can
Jin> make my Diamond Stealth 64 boards working?
Jin> Thanks,
Get the _latest_ rev (1.2b5.2) of the xserver from bsdi's patch
server, and set your card up as an 'ELSA WINNER 2000 Pro/X'. I have a
Dia Sth Vid Vram card running with this configuration. Works like a
champ, and fast. The Elsa uses the 968 and the same ramdac as the
diamond card. Fully compatible, as far as I can tell.
--> fred
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