JM Ibanez wrote:
I have a question though: has anyone heard of a very old low-end chipset named MXC? Apparently from a company named Macronix? I've gotten XFree86 4.2.0 to run only in VGA mode under the chipset, even if it claims to be an SVGA chip. And no, I can't upgrade this-- and yes, I am perfectly happy to have the box with a CLUE (hehehehe :). Hopefully someone has heard of the chip and can give me pointers on getting more bang from it. (Right... wishful thinking).
good news & bad news.
good news: the MX68xxx chip is supported under XFree86 3.3.x under the XF86_SVGA driver.
bad news: the driver have not been ported to XFree86 4.x.x =(
r u sure that you want X applications on such small resources? why not search for alternatives that will use the Frame Buffer directly? have you tried watching a movie using the aalib? it will make you feel that you're one of the "operators" in Matrix.... =)
Currently, I have the 486 box running on 2.4.20-ck2, no kernel modules, a minimal amount of packages, and Emacs. Yes, Emacs. If anyone can give me tips on making Emacs run better on lousy hardware, I'd be much obliged, thank you. :) I might even buy you a cup of coffee or two. ;)
it seems like you're asking sacha for date. =)
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