Re: XFree86 multihead with debian woody ?
On Mon, 2002-03-18 at 13:18, Adam C Powell IV wrote:
> Harald Welte wrote:
>
> >On Sun, Mar 17, 2002 at 06:55:23PM +0100, Michel Dänzer wrote:
> >
> >>On Sam, 2002-03-16 at 18:40, Harald Welte wrote:
> >>
> >>>So now after spending multiple days in trying to get a working multihead
> >>>setup, can anybody recommend a PCI graphics board which does work with
> >>>the debian woody supplied XFree86 package?
> >>>
> >>A Mac board. :) Most drivers rely on it being set up reasonably by the
> >>Firmware. In particular, the problems with the ATI card could be related
> >>to incorrect memory setup.
> >>
> >mh. Well... I think I'm going to spend some more time dumping 3dfx registers
> >on my x86 box and patching the tdfxfb driver.
> >
> Wonderful! Future users of 3dfx cards on PPC thank you.
>
> Please be sure to send your patches to the appropriate maintainer, and
> to the framebuffer list, linux-fbdev-devel@lists.sourceforge.net so they
> will be discussed and merged appropriately.
I'm not sure if that will fly. The stuff which needs to be set up by the
firmware is usally card specific.
I think (at least some) PC 3dfx boards can be reflashed with an OF ROM
though?
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Earthling Michel Dänzer (MrCooper)/ Debian GNU/Linux (powerpc) developer
XFree86 and DRI project member / CS student, Free Software enthusiast
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