Subject: Re: ix3d and xfree?
To: None <port-macppc@netbsd.org>
From: ML <ml@rz.uni-potsdam.de>
List: port-macppc
Date: 10/30/2003 10:28:22
Hello,

> > > Someone knows if the ix3d cards are supported under xfree-4.2.1?
> > In theory - yes. But the driver relies on the vesahw module which isn't 
> > available under NetBSD/macppc so X doesn't work. ( tested only XFree86 
> > 4.3 )

> You mean tested only under xfree86 under i386?
No, I said macppc. But the drivers look very Linux-centric and maybe they work only on PC hardware or Linux.

> Or are under 4.3 more devices supported in general for macppc?
No idea, maybe.

> Looking for some PCI graphic card to replace onboard video.
> XFree doesn't seem to recognize 6MB video memory and suddenly
> only pixmaps work correctly and the rest is distorted...
No idea which cards work under Xfree86/NetBSD/macppc - I tried an ix3d, a Matrox Millennium II and a PCI Voodoo 3 - none of them work in X11, but the ix3d and the voodoo3 work at least as console.