Subject: Re: ims twin turbo and the Video odyssey continues
To: netbsd-macppc <port-macppc@NetBSD.org>
From: James Bilotto <jb13@gomerbud.com>
List: port-macppc
Date: 07/15/2004 11:19:40
On Thu, Jul 15, 2004 at 03:42:18PM +0200, Riccardo Mottola wrote:
> James Bilotto wrote:
> > 
> > On Wed, Jul 14, 2004 at 10:50:20PM +0200, Riccardo Mottola wrote:
> > > Hello,
> > >
> > > NetBSD-ppc is a constat frustration for me on the video card side. I am
> > > running a 2.0 pre version so I have an up-to-date Xfree.
> > >
> > > I never got my ATI mach64 card to work although it should be
> > > supported... and you can select the driver in xf86config
> > 
> > i have two mach64 that work fine, a plain one built-in on my
> > starmax 3000, and a ATI XclaimVR PRO
> > 
> this is the mach64 that is standard in 9x00 computers. OF supports it
> well.
> The chip itself is suported, I believe Michael is correct in assuming
> there are "pc-ish" assumptions for those cards.

then i don't know, my Xclaim works fine but XFree86 doesn't support ddc
on ppc (#$%!@) so i can't really use it anyway. but all this was from back
in january, maybe things have changed.

> > >
> > >
> > > so the driver seems to be there but not visible by xf86config and in any
> > > case something continues to fail.
> > 
> > the tt3d is not supported on ppc ( go figure )
> I am 99% sure I have the tt128 since that is what the GPU has written on
> it.
there all the same to the driver.