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List:       openbsd-x11
Subject:    Re: ATI RAGE Fury and sisters
From:       Matthieu Herrb <matthieu () laas ! fr>
Date:       1999-06-02 14:17:10
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You wrote (in your message from Wednesday 2)
 > Is there a way to get X11 running on a new ATI card with RAGE 128 GL
 > chip?

Not yet.

 > I saw that very recent Linux kernels have a framebuffer device, which
 > can be used to run those cards in some VESA mode. There is a XServer for
 > this framebuffer device to make the thing complete.
 > 
 > Do we have similar options? 

No. 

 > Can the Mach64 server be modified to
 > recognize 128GL cards, or would it need a Mach128 server?

The Mach 128 chipset is too different from the Mach 64.  It would need
a Mach128 sever (more precisely a Mach 128 driver in the new design
XFree86 server). The are XFree86 people working on it, I think.
-- 
					Matthieu

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