On Wed, 1 Sep 1999, Alan Shoemaker wrote:
> Axalon Bloodstone wrote:
>
> > I believe the card will run with the Mach64 Xserver, it will definately
> > work with the FBDev server (far as i can tell you'd have to be a sound
> > card not to work with the FBDev)
> >
> > --
> > MandrakeSoft http://www.mandrakesoft.com/
> > --Axalon
>
> Axalon....that's not Mediasoft's answer. They say that:
>
> "Some one has been working on a drive[r] for the ATI Rage Fury and it
> appears to be working fine."
>
> Someone from Mediasoft answered me privately. I was promised an email
> copy when it is completed (I don't have an ATI Rage Fury, I was just
> trying to help someone who couldn't get his to work). You want a copy
> when I get it?
>
> What's the FBDev and where is it available?
So uh wheres my copy of the source :) surely they didn't write the whole
server from scratch. But like i said you pretty much need to be a sound
card to not run with framebuffer. Especialy with the new 16 color generic
driver in the newer kernels.
[root@homie linux]# rpm -qi XFree86-FBDev-3.3.4-5mdk
Name : XFree86-FBDev Relocations: (not relocateable)
Version : 3.3.4 Vendor: MandrakeSoft
Release : 5mdk Build Date: Sat Aug 21
14:31:46 1999
Install date: Thu Aug 26 08:57:37 1999 Build Host:
kenobi.mandrakesoft.com
Group : User Interface/X Hardware Support Source RPM:
XFree86-3.3.4-5mdk.src.rpm
Size : 1806324 License: MIT
Packager : Chmouel Boudjnah <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Summary : The X server for the generic frame buffer device on some
machines.
Description :
This is the X server for the generic frame buffer device used on
Amiga, Atari and Macintosh/m68k machines.
Support for Intel and Alpha architectures is included in the Linux
2.2 kernel, as well.
[root@homie linux]#
