it's not compatible to Trio64 (well, S3 claims that it's pin-compatible;
don't know about that but the graphics engine etc. is *completely* different)
> The new release of XFree86, ie 3.2, is available; there's a server for the
> S3 ViRGE chip included, which has been ported to the Alpha.
it wasn't really "ported" but only complied. I didn't have the time
to run or test it on AXP before XFree86 3.2 was finalized and guess what,
it doesn't work at all on AXP, sorry :-(
> Last I heard,
> however, was that the released server did not work well, so unless the
> problems have been fixed and a new binary generated, I'd not count on the
> one that's available at ftp.xfree86.org (and some mirrors).
>
> Harald, sorry if this is inaccurate...
absolutely correct. right now I have a version of the ViRGE server
running on AXP and there are some minor problems left (text fonts may get
corrupted; and switching to other virtual consoles and back to X11
still might hang the server; hope to find/fix this RSN).
for "X-only" operation it looks better (but I didn't run any tests yet).
hope there will be a new binary within some time (1-2 weeks?)
but I first have to ask how we handle such fixes for XFree86
(I'd guess there will be some "patchlevel N" server binaries..)
Harald
--
All SCSI disks will from now on ___ _____
be required to send an email notice 0--,| /OOOOOOO\
24 hours prior to complete hardware failure! <_/ / /OOOOOOOOOOO\
\ \/OOOOOOOOOOOOOOO\
\ OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO|//
Harald Koenig, \/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/
Inst.f.Theoret.Astrophysik // / \\ \
koenig@tat.physik.uni-tuebingen.de ^^^^^ ^^^^^
--
To unsubscribe: send e-mail to axp-list-request@redhat.com with
'unsubscribe' as the subject. Do not send it to axp-list@redhat.com
Copyright © 1995-1997 Red Hat Software. Legal notices