Subject: Re: Color X
To: Avatar <bshayn1@gl.umbc.edu>
From: Colin Wood <cwood@ichips.intel.com>
List: port-mac68k
Date: 01/11/1998 14:59:58
Avatar wrote:
>
> On Sun, 11 Jan 1998, Mark Andres wrote:
>
> >Assuming that you are using a Nubus video card and either the SLOTMAN
> >kernel or the video-lkm, the answer is "yes". How, depeneds on your window
> >manager.
>
> I do not have a Nubus video card, but I'm going to give the
> SLOTMAN kernel a try anyway, just in case.
Don't bother. We have _no_ support for onboard color video at the moment.
The SLOTMAN kernel only works for NuBus-based video. Support is in the
works, tho.
> >I am using fvwm-1.24l from those archives and it works fine. Also, be sure
> >to grab the libXpm file from there. I also believe that the Xpm library
> >and fvwm2 have been done up as packages.
>
> I downloaded AfterStep and stayed up all night configuring it. It
> is working fine ... much better than twm. Thanks.
Cool! I love it when things work.
Later.
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Colin Wood cwood@ichips.intel.com
Component Design Engineer - MD6 Intel Corporation
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