Re: [linux-fbdev] XFree86 4.X and 2.4.X

From: Ani Joshi (ajoshi@shell.unixbox.com)
Date: Sun Jul 23 2000 - 02:16:05 EDT

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    Not sure exactly what you're talking about but IIRC you were using
    matroxfb, I've used matroxfb with xfree86 4.0.1 with no problems using
    fbdevHW and without on a millenium.

    ani

    On Sat, 22 Jul 2000, James Simmons wrote:

    >
    > After some testing I discovered that its a bug with the XFree86 4.X
    > servers with the patch I sent in to fix the console palette bug. I tested
    > 2.4.0-test4 with SVGA and Fbdev 3.3.6 X servers. No problems at all. This
    > is with both fbcon and vgacon. I attempted to test 4.X but have yet to get
    > to actually work at all. Their are reasons why I don't run XFree86 X
    > servers but due to bug reports I had to find out the problem. A bad
    > mistake.
    >
    > Q: Why did they deprecate a.out support in linux?
    > A: Because a nasty coff is bad for your elf.
    >
    > James Simmons [jsimmons@linux-fbdev.org] ____/|
    > fbdev/console/gfx developer \ o.O|
    > http://www.linux-fbdev.org =(_)=
    > http://linuxgfx.sourceforge.net U
    > http://linuxconsole.sourceforge.net
    >

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