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Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd Path: sserve!manuel!munnari.oz.au!spool.mu.edu!umn.edu!csus.edu!netcom.com!hasty From: hasty@netcom.com (Amancio Hasty Jr) Subject: Re: Xfree86 on BSD386: Driver development Message-ID: <1992Oct5.141105.12448@netcom.com> Organization: Netcom - Online Communication Services (408 241-9760 guest) References: <1992Oct5.010456.14300@pasteur.Berkeley.EDU> Date: Mon, 5 Oct 1992 14:11:05 GMT Lines: 17 In article <1992Oct5.010456.14300@pasteur.Berkeley.EDU> c162-dz@po.berkeley.edu (wade shen) writes: >I plan to be running Xfree86 on top of my current 386BSD system, >but I've got a proprietary video card that isn't supported by this >release. Does anybody have any information about how to develop >a device driver for x >free86? > >Thanks. > Just take a look at the drivers provided on Xfree86. There is a popular book on VGA/EGA "Porgramming VGA/EGA" and the authors last name is Ferraro. Hope this helps, Amancio