The vga256/ati directory sounds like the old XFree86 3.x codebase.

Why aren't you using XFree86 4.x ?

You can get the precompiled stuff from ftp.xfree86.org:/pub/XFree86/4.2.0

Alan.

On Thu, Apr 25, 2002 at 10:44:23PM -0700, Peter Leftwich wrote:
> Okay, you'll be quite proud of me - I took 13 minutes and in a swirl of
> mixed pleasure (relief) and pain and despair, learned that my video adapter
> (supposedly Rage 128 based; it's an ATI All-in-Wonder 16mb AGP card) is
> -not- supported by the ati driver, even though the running of `XFree86
> -configure` happily picks this driver out every time and packages it with a
> pink ribbon!  >:-(
> 
> So my question -- after RTFM -- to you all oh so nice sweet folk out there
> moving electrons and neurons around is... Why do the contents of
> /mnt/usr/X11R6/lib/Server/drivers/vga256/ati/* appear to be "compile-time"
> stuff rather than ACTUAL binary drivers, and further, what is the path to
> THE "ati" driver, and stretching this concept even further, when I did
> RTFM, it said something about using the Mach64 driver;  What's THAT?
> Where can I procure it?  Will there ever be a land animal faster than the
> Cheetah?
> 
> Kudeeoze,
> 
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