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Xref: sserve comp.os.386bsd.misc:1410 comp.windows.x.i386unix:4694 Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!constellation!osuunx.ucc.okstate.edu!moe.ksu.ksu.edu!crcnis1.unl.edu!news.unomaha.edu!news.mtholyoke.edu!news.byu.edu!cwis.isu.edu!u.cc.utah.edu!cs.weber.edu!terry From: terry@cs.weber.edu (A Wizard of Earth C) Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.misc,comp.windows.x.i386unix Subject: Re: Orchid F1280+ or KFC 15" monitor Date: 9 Nov 1993 04:13:57 GMT Organization: Weber State University, Ogden, UT Lines: 23 Message-ID: <2bn5e5$65m@u.cc.utah.edu> References: <1993Nov7.064539.3586@umr.edu> <2bkmq0$imr@u.cc.utah.edu> <CG6Gwr.K1o@aib.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: cs.weber.edu In article <CG6Gwr.K1o@aib.com> dwex@aib.com (David E. Wexelblat) writes: >>Has to do with mapping the memory and writing to it directly, while assuming >>a particular memory layout. I had the same problem; make sure you are using >>a recent XS3, or use the XS3 support in XFree86 2.0 (it's also Amancio's >>code, with minor changes). >> > >Can't let this go by - the S3 support in XFree86 2.0 is almost completely >new. There is at MOST 1-200 lines of Amancio's code left. EVERYTHING >was basically redone from scratch by Jon Tombs, with some latecomer additions >from me and David Dawes. So in essence XF86_S3 is a completely new server. Oops; sorry. It turns out that the code being used was XF86_S3 in any case. I gave a couple of pointers, but expect a bug report from the original poster... Terry Lambert terry@cs.weber.edu --- Any opinions in this posting are my own and not those of my present or previous employers.