Re: Xsun has me beat
On Thu, Nov 15, 2001 at 05:02:54PM +0100, Hakan Kuecuekyilmaz wrote:
> Quoting Mario Lombardo <mario@alienscience.com>:
>
> > I've been told, you can't run any other client/server besides Xsun__
> >
> > types on sparc machines. Have you had contrary experience with this?
> >
> with the 2.4.x you can run XFree86 4.x Servers.
>
> I am running 2.4.15-pre3 and XFree86 4.1.x on my Ultra10,
> and I am happy with it ;-)
No, you don't need a 2.4.x kernel to run Xfree86 4.x. XFree86 4.x will
work on 2.2.20 and 2.4.4+. This includes Sun framebuffer cards aswell as
PCI cards like Permedia, Mach 64/128, etc. The framebuffer cards
includes things like cg6, cg14, Creator/Elite cards, etc.
Also, with recent kernels you can also take advantage of DRM with ATI
128 and Creator cards.
So, it is false that you can only use Xsun servers on sparc-linux :)
Ben
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