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Xref: sserve comp.unix.bsd:6735 comp.os.linux:12924 Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd,comp.os.linux Path: sserve!manuel.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!uunet!wupost!csus.edu!netcom.com!hasty From: hasty@netcom.com (Amancio Hasty Jr) Subject: Re: X11R5 S3 server for 386bsd 0.1 Message-ID: <1992Oct18.000614.1125@netcom.com> Organization: Netcom - Online Communication Services (408 241-9760 guest) References: <1992Oct15.141329.11997@rtpnc.epa.gov> <1blhp9INNmif@agate.berkeley.edu> <Bw8L7y.E4w@news.iastate.edu> Date: Sun, 18 Oct 1992 00:06:14 GMT Lines: 50 In article <Bw8L7y.E4w@news.iastate.edu> mhbrekke@iastate.edu (Monty H. Brekke) writes: >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 Do us all a favor take your card back! and get something like Artix's GraphisEngine or Orchids F1280. Artix's card can be obtained for $210 from Palo MicroComputers in Palo Alto, Ca. You see the only reason that we have not had the S3 server earlier is because of the attitude of companies like diamond. I wish I had a smaller font to spell diamond. If a company does not support you why should you buy their products? >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 For the Linux group, Jon has the XS3 server up and running. Further inquiries about the S3 server work for Linux should go to him. Jon's e-mail is jon@robots.oxford.ac.uk. I am working with Jon and passing him information of my latest developments for the XS3 server. Amancio Hasty