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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!feed1.news.erols.com!news.maxwell.syr.edu!howland.erols.net!newshub2.home.com!newshub1.home.com!news.home.com!news1.best.com!nntp1.ba.best.com!deat_____hlies.noc.best.net!asw__right From: A.S.W <aswri___ght@deathlies.noc.b_____est.net> Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc,comp.windows.x.i386unix Subject: Re: Upgrading to Xfree86 3.3 Date: 18 Jun 1997 05:54:02 GMT Lines: 20 Message-ID: <5o7t5q$am7$1@nntp1.ba.best.com> References: <5ngur1$qqp@ss.netgate.net> <5o6cjd$5sj$1@phoenix.kfu.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: deathlies.noc.best.net X-Newsreader: TIN [UNIX 1.3 unoff BETA 970424; i386 FreeBSD 2.2.2-RELEASE] Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:43081 comp.windows.x.i386unix:23580 In comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Nick Sayer <nsayer@quack.kfu.com> wrote: > meaker1@ng.netgate.net (David Lamah) writes: > >I would like to upgrade my FBSD 2.2.2 from version 3.2 of X to 3.3. > >I am not really sure how to go about the upgrade. > >The new version is rumored to have better support for Matrox cards. > Well, I don't know about what it was before, but I want to take this > opportunity to thank the XFree86 folks and Matrox for a DYNAMITE > combination. I swear, the graphics performance of my new Millenium > with 3.3 makes my P-120 look like an SGI! It's really something to > watch it drag around 32 bit images like my other systems drag around > window outlines! I second that motion. The new Matrox driver is outstanding. The colors are near perfect, and very fast. -asw