So I have had a truly amazing amount of trouble getting i386/NetBSD+X to deal
reasonably with a AGP card.  I breifly scanned over the list archives, but 
since i couldnt really "search" it - i just skimmed titles and didnt see much
/ anything on subject. If am blind - and repeating a previous discussion, 
please just direct me to it. 

I've tried this using two X dists: 
 - XFree86 3.3.2 + XSuSE (XFCom_3DLabs) 
 - XiG 

I get about the same results with both setups. Oh, yeah, XAccel works just 
fine with the freebsd emul package -- atleast I have previously never had 
problems with running it with several pci cards / laptops.  I've also tried 
two different cards - An 8meg ELSA ELSA GLoria Synergy  and a 8meg Matrox 
Mil G200. 

With XiG - (only tried it with the G200), X would start, the screen looks 
like it starts to go into graphics mode - but never quite makes it, and no 
amount of screaming seems to get the console back. (I endup having to login
from a different box and reboot.) 

With XSuSE - (only tried it with the ELSA, since thats all they had), X would
sometimes make it all the way into graphics mode. Exactly the first time I ran
X. However, after the first time - if i exited X it would get locked into a 
state just as the other had. 

Talking around sipb the general impression is that this is "everything" but 
netbsd's problem. Regardless of that, I only have this problem with netbsd. 
The most common opinion is that it is a irq problem because the agp bus doesnt
communicate what irq it took to the pci bus which happily gives it to an 
additional device.  On this thread I have heard that "Its a BIOS problem" , 
which it may well be.. but doesnt help me get around it. 

Why go with AGP when PCI works fine? because a bunch of annoying wankers in 
the pc industry decided that its a good idea to phase out PCI video cards. 
After all AGP saves you a PCI slot on most boards. bfd. 

So is there anything I can do about this? or do I just have to smile as the 
PC industry again decides agaist lube. 

- -Matt Knopp 
 Some guy,  FundsXpress, Inc. 
 mhat@fundsxpress.com

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