Subject: Re: hardware recommendations (IR and Video Out)
To: Brian Hechinger <wonko@4amlunch.net>
From: Michael <macallan18@earthlink.net>
List: port-sparc64
Date: 12/14/2004 09:05:03
Hello,

> > > ahhhhhhh, see, the INSTALL doc wasn't real specific about that.  ok, i'm
> > > far more faithful now.  ;)
> > Don't hold your breath - I think there's a reason for not mentioning XFree on the SPARC64 pages.
> uhm, uh oh, i don't like the sound of that.  ;)
Since I don't have a PCI Sun everything I say is based on what I saw in the XFree source :) I don't want to sound discouraging but I also don't want to raise expectations too much.

> > > i meant as opposed to not running an Xserver at all.
> > Hmm, see pkgsrc/sysutils/atitvout - maybe you can get that one to work.
> 
>    The utility makes use of x86-VESA-BIOS-calls and thus is not portable
>    to other architectures like PPC: *No TV-Out on Macs with this tool*.
> 
> or not.  :(
Bah, I should have looked at its DESCR before mentioning it :/

have fun
Michael