Subject: AW [2]: example of /etc/XF86Config for Sun Ultra 10 w/creator available?
To: Schwerzmann, Stephan <stephan.schwerzmann@schmid-telecom.ch>
From: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Timo_Sch=F6ler?= <ml@macfinity.net>
List: port-sparc64
Date: 01/09/2004 13:05:39
hi stephan,
> hi timo,
>
> (not that I'm the expert on this topic...)
>
> I fear you have only a chance (if any?) of getting X with NetBSD
> running on an U10 by pulling out the Creator board (it's not a PCI
> card, but an UPA, right?)
> the onboard graphics chip should be one of the ATI Rage xyz series
yes, that's what i think, too. i should have read the sparc64 site
better... but anyway, i guess i'll put that stuff X needs on my SS20MP
-- although it's cgfourteen :)) will only emulate a cgthree :(...
>
> that's my understanding of creator related things anyway, I have
> a ('lame' 300MHz, 512kB BSC) U10 w. an UPA graphics board (can't
> precisely Identify the thing) at home but have not thrown NetBSD
> at it (yet)
runs fine. made my dual boot w/Solaris 9.
> OTOH under Sol9 (and even alone at the firmware text screen) the
> speedup I get out of the creator compared to the onboard ATI Rage
> impressed me
did not try the ATI. AFAIK there also no way to run this machine dual
head (creator, if present, disables ATI Rage?).
> it would be nice if also X on NetBSD could leverage on this...
perhaps we'll see ;)
>
> cheers
> Stephan
>
> --
> why are most women on the net surnamed '.jpeg'?
>
>
--
regards,
timo
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