x11.org is very different, xfree has almost no relation to the X
consortium(at least until recently where they got on the
board) www.xfree86.org is for XF86.

nate


On Tue, 4 Jan 2000, Howard Mann wrote:

howard >[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
howard >> 
howard >> I've got the above card on my PC at the office, and have a need to 
run X on
howard >> it.  Evidently, it isn't supported directly.  (I'm using slink, by 
the way).
howard >> I checked on X11.org and it doesn't appear to be supported by the 
XFree86
howard >> servers either. 
howard >
howard >www.x11.org appears "defunct."
howard >
howard >> There are, however, two that X11 packages that do support
howard >> it, one that I don't want to pay $99 for, and the other, from SUSE.  
However,
howard >> I can't seem to find the driver on SUSEs ftp site.  Supposedly the 
server is
howard >> called XFCom_Rendition.
howard >> 
howard >> So... questions are:
howard >> 
howard >> * Is this card supported by XFree yet, and just not listed?
howard >
howard >
howard >It is supported ( XFree86, 3.3.5)  and listed  :
howard >
howard >http://www.xfree86.org/cardlist.html
howard >
howard >( The XFCom_Rendition was "wrapped" into XFree86)
howard >
howard >You may get XFree86 and the XF86_SVGA  x-server at:
howard >
howard >http://www.debian.org/~vincent
howard >
howard >URI for apt-get :
howard >
howard >deb http://www.debian.org/~vincent/ xfree-update main
howard >
howard >Cheers,
howard >
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