Subject: Re: XalphaNetBSD: no screens found
To: None <j.dehartog@chello.nl>
From: Dave Huang <khym@bga.com>
List: port-alpha
Date: 01/15/2000 01:34:33
On Sat, 15 Jan 2000 j.dehartog@chello.nl wrote:
> The Xserver for alpha (1.4.1 release) can not find the screen.
> Kernel (1.4.2_ALPHA because of SCSI-problems) starts as follows:

> vga0 at pci0 dev 11 function 0: Cirrus Logic CL-GD5430 (rev. 0x47)

The NetBSD/alpha X server doesn't support VGA cards... it only works
with TGA framebuffers (see http://www.netbsd.org/Ports/alpha/faq.html#x-support)
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