Subject: Re: XF86_S3V server for CATS.
To: Dave Daniels <Davedan@arcade.demon.co.uk>
From: Neil A. Carson <neil@causality.com>
List: port-arm32
Date: 11/02/1999 20:41:23
Dave Daniels wrote:
>
> MB> So far I have not got other X servers running well. I have
> MB> run S3 accelerated servers but they have proved to be
> MB> unstable locking the entire machine. The SVGA server can be
> MB> build and run in generic VGA mode but again I have suffered
> MB> lockups when trying to get acceleration going so I need to
> MB> do more investigation.
>
> I am a little worried by this. At the moment I am upgrading my
> CATS to NetBSD 1.4.1. What you have said implies to me that there
> are serious problems with running an X server on the CATS at the
> moment. Is this assumption correct? Should I forget about trying
> to get X running for the time being?
If you have an S3 Virge card, it's OK. If you don't, it's not...
Neil