Christopher Tribo <t1345@hopi.dtcc.edu> writes:

> On 9 Dec 2002, Russell McManus wrote:
> 
> > Is it possible to run the XFree86 X server on a powermac 7300 if one
> > adds a video card to one of the PCI slots?
> > 
> >   http://www.netbsd.org/Ports/macppc/x11.html
> > 
> > suggests that this is not possible, but I am looking for confirmation.
> > Here is the relevent excerpt:
> 
> <snip>
> 	If memory serves, X11R6.3 will run on the older macs. The newer 
> XFree86 v4 needs a video card with a VGA ROM on the card to do its 
> initialization with. Having a VGA ROM on a Mac is awefully silly, but 
> until someone comes up with something better, you will probably need a 
> Rage 128 or better add in card. (Keeping in mind that the closed 
> source nvidia driver doesn't really work on Net/Open BSD(yet).)

Thanks for the tip, it sounds like a Rage 128 would work.  Apparently
they can be had for <$50 on ebay.

Do you know what would the proper OFW output-device setting be with
this card in the box?  Right now I'm using /chaos/control, I guess
this would change.

-russ