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Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!msuinfo!uwm.edu!math.ohio-state.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!europa.eng.gtefsd.com!library.ucla.edu!ucsbuxb.ucsb.edu!mcl!loren From: loren@mcl.ucsb.edu (Loren Koss) Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions Subject: Re: Sorry to ask, Diamond Stealth 64 Date: 19 Oct 1994 22:43:15 GMT Organization: University of California, Santa Barbara Lines: 33 Message-ID: <3847e3$6t8@ucsbuxb.ucsb.edu> References: <383nrg$rqm@news.CCIT.Arizona.EDU> NNTP-Posting-Host: mcl.ucsb.edu In <383nrg$rqm@news.CCIT.Arizona.EDU> hillm@helium.gas.uug.arizona.edu (Michael J Hill) writes: >I hate to bring this up, but I cant seem to get it. I recently loaded >FreeBSD 1.1.5.1, and XFree86 3.1 (after being told that 3.1 will handle >the stealth 64). I have now spent about 12 hours trying to get the thing >to work. When I try to run X the whole system just hangs and I have to >do a hard reset. I have several FAQs, but they seem to discuss other >diamond boards (I think the stealth 64 PCI is fairly new). The man pages >etc seem to suggest that S3 has the ability to support hte chips on this >board (i.e the chips are discussed, but this specific board is not), so I >would like to believe it will work. >So My real question is: Does anyone else use this board, and if so have >you figured out how to make it work with x? >Also is there a news group for XFree -- I couldn't seem to find one? >Thanks in advance for any info, and I really am sorry for asking about >diamond stuff..... >Mike Hill PLEASE DON'T TELL ME THAT! I just ordered a Pentium 90 w that board and it had BETTER work! Spent too much money to now find out that it won't! I will hopefully not run into the same problems, but please keep me informed! Loren -- ======================================================================= || Loren Daniel Koss || Three tomatos are walking down the steet || || Computer Science || Papa tomato, mama tomato, and baby tomato.|| || University of California || Baby tomato was lagging so papa tomato ||