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Re: Vodoo 2/3 (& other video questions)



On Tue, Nov 23, 1999 at 08:48:38PM +0100, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
> On Mon, 22 Nov 1999, Sven LUTHER wrote:
> > Xfree 3.9.16 works perfectly well on ppc. You have to disable the INT10 stuff
> > in the i386 emulator for reading graphic boards bioses for now, since it is
> > i386 only until someone port it to the other arches (it is rumored to have
> > worked on alphas in the past), or adapt the ppc assembly emulator from gabriel
> > paubert.
> > 
> > This will permit you (in theory) to use any graphic board in your powermac.
> > 
> > You can get a primitive tarball from :
> > 
> >  * http://n.ethz.ch/student/daenzerm/download/XFree86-3.9.16c-pm2-glibc2.1.tar.g
> 
> I tried this one (with `fbdev' instead of `glint', of course) and it crashes
> immediately with signal 4.

Sorry for the late reply, i was at a conference these last days.

what window manager did you use ? there is some problems with enlightenment,
and some bigger background images. Did you contact michel about hits ?

Friendly,

Sven LUTHER


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