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From: wetzstei@plains.NoDak.edu (Shaun Wetzstein)
Subject: Re: XFree86 2.0 Experiences
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Date: Fri, 5 Nov 1993 00:07:41 GMT
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David E. Wexelblat (dwex@aib.com) wrote:
: In article <CFtHwE.5qK@festival.ed.ac.uk> richard@castle.ed.ac.uk (Richard Tobin) writes:
: >I just installed the new XFree86 servers, and have a few comments and
: >questions.
: >
: >(1) The S3 server runs successfully on my (local bus) STB VL24 board
: > (thanks!) and scrolling is nice and fast. Other things aren't so
: > fast, however. For example, xengine runs at only about 40% of the
: > speed that it runs on a local-bus ET4000 card. Can anyone explain
: > this?
: xengine is an irrelevent benchmark. For example, I tested an S3 928 board
: and found that xengine was about 30% slower than my S3 801. But in no
: realistic way could the 928 be considered slower than the 801. You will
: find the S3 plenty fast for just about any real work. This also may be
: an interaction between the cards and the VLB. Your ET4000 may be running
: with 0 wait states and your S3 with 1 wait state. Don't know for sure.
: There are lots and lots (in)compatibility issues with VLB boards.
: Basically, the S3 stuff doesn't go through the memory aperture all that
: much yet, and doesn't accelerate anywhere near everything that it could.
: We concentrated on usability, correctness, and portability for XFree86
: 2.0. I estimate that only 30-40% of what can be accelerated actually
: has been. We'll worry about the rest later.
Has any one tested XF-2.0 with an Orchid F1280+ VLB (805) card?
It might be an Xconfig problem, but startx hangs the font dir probe(s)
and leaves the terminal in some starange state. If anyone is successfull
please post youir Xconfig in comp.windows.x.i386unix.
NOTE: X -probeonly >& foo determines my hardware correctly but also
hangs.
Shaun Wetzstein wetzstei@plains.nodak.eduD
Shaun Wetzstein wetzstei@plains.nodak.edu