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Xref: sserve comp.unix.bsd:6713 comp.os.linux:12874 Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd,comp.os.linux Path: sserve!manuel.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!uunet!gumby!destroyer!news.iastate.edu!mhbrekke From: mhbrekke@iastate.edu (Monty H. Brekke) Subject: Re: X11R5 S3 server for 386bsd 0.1 Message-ID: <Bw8L7y.E4w@news.iastate.edu> Sender: news@news.iastate.edu (USENET News System) Organization: Iowa State University, Ames, IA References: <1992Oct14.071007.5748@netcom.com> <1992Oct15.141329.11997@rtpnc.epa.gov> <1blhp9INNmif@agate.berkeley.edu> Date: Fri, 16 Oct 1992 22:59:57 GMT Lines: 30 In article <1blhp9INNmif@agate.berkeley.edu> curtis@cs.berkeley.edu (Curtis Yarvin) writes: >Amancio Hasty, 386BSD guru, has ported X11R5 to the S3. >He claims functionality on the Actix GraphicsEngine >and Orchid Fahrenheit 1280. The port is a modification >of Kevin Martin's X8514 server. > >In article <1992Oct15.141329.11997@rtpnc.epa.gov> fty@bizarre.rtpnc.epa.gov (Frank Terhaar-Yonkers) writes: >>Amancio's S3 server is archived at: sunvis.rtpnc.epa.gov:~/pub/386bsd/X > >It would be a Good Thing (hint hint) if someone got this up on >Linux prontissimo; I know some people whose acceptance of Linux >depends on S3 functionality. It is one of the major graphics >chipsets, and to see it unsupported for so long has been a serious >detriment to the cause of free X on the PC. > >c I would like to see this ported to Linux as well. It seems to me that it shouldn't be a problem. I think it's simply a matter of dropping the OS code from the Linux version into the 386BSD version and compiling. I would give this a try myself except for the fact that (1) I don't have enough drive space to compile X386, and (2) I'm using a Diamond Stealth board, which is apparently not supported yet due to Diamond's proprietary clock synhesizer circuitry. If anyone is able to get this server running on a Stealth under Linux, please let me know. I would very much like to get X running as soon as possible. -- Internet : mhbrekke@iastate.edu