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Path: sserve!manuel!munnari.oz.au!hp9000.csc.cuhk.hk!uakari.primate.wisc.edu!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!wupost!csus.edu!netcom.com!hasty From: hasty@netcom.com (Amancio Hasty Jr) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd Subject: Re: help needed with X386 Message-ID: <y-1m3cq.hasty@netcom.com> Date: 9 Aug 92 03:22:17 GMT References: <19569@plains.NoDak.edu> <RICH.92Aug7113256@kappa.Rice.edu> <michaelv.713323355@test.cc.iastate.edu> Organization: Netcom - Online Communication Services (408 241-9760 guest) Lines: 45 In article <michaelv.713323355@test.cc.iastate.edu> michaelv@iastate.edu (Michael L. VanLoon) writes: >In <RICH.92Aug7113256@kappa.Rice.edu> rich@Rice.edu (Richard Murphey) writes: > >>In article <19569@plains.NoDak.edu> tinguely@plains.NoDak.edu (Mark Tinguely) writes: >> I want to thank all that responded to my question about the Logitech serial >> mouse. It appears the com line parameters are not being set properly. Manually > >>If there is a consensus that this is needed for a particular type of >>mouse we could add it to the server's code. > >I've seen several people post who are using Logitech Bus mice. I am >using one myself, and would like to request support for this if you can >fit it into your schedule. > >Also, what about video drivers? I don't have a tseng card. I own two >ATI VGA cards (a VGA Wonder and a VGA Basic), as well as an ATI >8514/Ultra. It would be real handy if someone would take on the task of >adapting ATI video cards to the X server. I'd certainly volunteer to >help with 8514/A development, except I don't have a tseng card to get >the server running on initially, and I don't have any good technical You don't an et4000 card to start the server what is helpful is a dumb terminal connected to the system from where you can start the server with the 8514 driver and debug it with gdb. >documentation on the 8514/A spec. :( If someone would like to help me in >either of these areas, I'd be willing to lend a hand with drivers. > Look in cs.ubc.ca:/mirro2/x-contrib/ibm8514.tar.Z There is code which implements an 8514 driver for AIX. I think is worth looking into... Also in the linux group there is the beginnings for an ATI driver >-- >------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Michael L. VanLoon Project Vincent Systems Staff > michaelv@iastate.edu Computer Engineering, Iowa State University >------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Good luck, amancio