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From: j@uriah.heep.sax.de (J Wunsch)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Cirrus Logic 5446 and FreeBSD 2.1
Date: 8 Sep 1996 01:50:05 GMT
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lneelen@worldonline.nl (Leon Neelen) wrote:

> I own FreeBSD 2.1 (Jan 1996) but X-windows doesn't want to work
> with my Cirrus Logic 5446 VGA card (my former card the CL5434 gave
> no problems).
> Is it safe to buy FreeBSD 2.1.5 in order to get the thing going or do
> I have to wait until  Xfree 3.2 becomes available?

FreeBSD 2.1.5 ships with the same XFree86 3.1.2 as FreeBSD 2.1 did.
There's no newer official release from XFree86.

However, there are betas available to the public, and XFree86 3.2 is
scheduled for October.  The CL-GD 5446 is mentioned in the 3.1.2G
server.

-- 
cheers, J"org

joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de -- http://www.sax.de/~joerg/ -- NIC: JW11-RIPE
Never trust an operating system you don't have sources for. ;-)