On Sun, 18 Jan 2004, Wojciech Puchar wrote:

> > 	Florian <netbsd@wolfnode.de> writes:
> > > But that 4.x doesn't seem to like non-PCI cards, right?
> >
> > Version 4.2.0 (NetBSD 1.6) and 4.2.1 (NetBSD 1.6.1) lacked support for lots
> > of old cards. 4.3.0 (NetBSD 1.6.2) has improved this situation. You could
> > try to download a snapshot herE:
> >
> > ftp://releng.NetBSD.org/pub/NetBSD-daily/netbsd-1-6-PATCH002-RC4/
> >
> > > So does anyone know how to enable that in 4.x (otherwise I'm gonna install
> > > 1.5 that comes with 3.3.6) ?
> >
> > Installing 1.5 is a bit to drastic. You can still build the old X11 servers
> > with "pkgsrc/x11/xservers" and use them with XFree86 4.x.
>
> or better build X 3.3.6 - it takes much less memory and isn't faster on
> older hardware - while X 4.x is much faster on modern hardware

That's not better! X 3 lacks certain interfaces and libraries, and has
obsolete versions of others. You'll have an easier time building and
installing 3rd party software with the XFree 4.3.0 sets.

Frederick