Barry Brown wrote:
> I had two pople offer up suggestions right away.  The one below was the
> best.
> 
> > you might also try a different resolution if you can.  we've had some
> > difficulties with DAFB video (which i believe your machine has) at and its
> > interactions with X at certain resolutions and bit depths.  i believe
> > these problems will be fixed in -current rather soon, but 1.3.x still
> > exhibits weird behavior at times...
> 
> I changed my monitor resolution to 1024x768, 1-bit and now I am running X!
> It took just a few seconds to come up on my screen.  So there is a problem
> with X and the 832x624 resolution.

Cool, I'm glad that worked for you :-)
 
> Will the OSFA X kernel allow me to run color X using the Quadra's internal
> video? 

Maybe.  Please check the README for it's requirements, but basically it
requires 16-bit color to work.

> If so, where can I get it?

ftp://www.macbsd.com/pub/NetBSD/X/

I hope that helps.

Later.

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Colin Wood                                 cwood@ichips.intel.com
Component Design Engineer - PMD                 Intel Corporation
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