[EMAIL PROTECTED] said:
> I'm planning on taking the plunge and try out XFree86 4.0 on my RH 6.2
> box. Are there any HOWTO's or other docs that tips and hints, etc.
Bryan, I'm including some notes from Gene C who was kind enough to
provide
some information that really helps get this going.
A couple comments: The ATI driver is currently not accelerated, except
for the ATI 128 cards. There's also no 32 bit depth, and as Gene notes,
XFree86 claims only 8 bit support for ATI currently - but 16 & 24 bid
both work. 32 bit won't, and it grinds out an error message. I
applied
the same logic on my Matrox Millenium G200 8Mb card, and it worked out
fine.
Hope it helps...
rickf
[EMAIL PROTECTED] said:
> 4.0 changes a number of things in the /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 file.
> Unfortunately the 4.0 man pages from XFree86, XF86Config, and the 4.0
> drives are all "null" (gzipped but null). However, I found the needed
> info on the http://www.xfree86.org web site under 4.0 documentation.
> I have figured out how to correctly configure the /etc/X11/
> XF86Config-4 file for the following video adapters: Rage Pro, Rage
> (128) Fury, and NIDA TNT2 -- and they all work pretty well once
> properly configured.
> One identified problem is that the default depth is 8. To change this
> you need a DefaultDepth nn under the Section "Screen".
> Also, the /usr/X11R6/bin/XFree86 -configure command will generate a
> starting file but the "Files" Section is missing and you need to add
> that in. Your best bet is to use the one produced by XFree86 -configure
> to create a working version.
> Interesting to note that the info on http://www.xfree86.org site
> claims that only depth 8 is support by the ati_drv.o driver but I got
> depth 16 and 24 to both both work -- good news for those with ATI Rage
> Pro adapters.
> BTW, ignore Xconfigure -- it is completely broken as far as 4.0 is
> concerned.
> For those wanting more info, I am pasting a /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 file
> below as an example of something that worked for me.
> Gene
> /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 for NIDA TNT2 ------------------ Section
> "ServerLayout"
> Identifier "XFree86 Configured"
> Screen 0 "Screen0" 0 0
> InputDevice "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
> InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard" EndSection
> Section "Files"
> # The location of the RGB database. Note, this is the name of the #
> file minus the extension (like ".txt" or ".db"). There is normally #
> no need to change the default.
> RgbPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/rgb"
> # Multiple FontPath entries are allowed (they are concatenated
> together) # By default, Red Hat 6.0 and later now use a font server
> independent of # the X server to render fonts.
> FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/TrueType"
> FontPath "unix/:-1"
> EndSection
> Section "Module"
> Load "GLcore"
> Load "dbe"
> Load "dri"
> Load "extmod"
> Load "glx"
> Load "pex5"
> Load "record"
> Load "xie" EndSection
> Section "InputDevice"
> Identifier "Keyboard0"
> Driver "keyboard" EndSection
> Section "InputDevice"
> Identifier "Mouse0"
> Driver "mouse"
> Option "Protocol" "PS/2"
> Option "Device" "/dev/psaux"
> Option "Emulate3Buttons" "on"
> Option "Emulate3Timeout" "50" EndSection
> Section "Monitor"
> Identifier "Monitor0"
> VendorName "Dell"
> ModelName "1700FP"
> HorizSync 30.0-80.0
> VertRefresh 56.0-76.0 EndSection
> Section "Device"
> ### Available Driver options are:-
> #Option "SWcursor"
> #Option "HWcursor"
> #Option "NoAccel"
> #Option "ShowCache"
> #Option "ShadowFB"
> #Option "UseFBDev"
> #Option "Rotate"
> Identifier "NVidia Riva TNT2"
> Driver "nv"
> VendorName "NVidia"
> BoardName "Riva TNT2"
> BusID "PCI:1:0:0" EndSection
> Section "Screen"
> Identifier "Screen0"
> Device "NVidia Riva TNT2"
> Monitor "Monitor0"
> DefaultDepth 24
> SubSection "Display"
> Depth 1
> EndSubSection
> SubSection "Display"
> Depth 4
> EndSubSection
> SubSection "Display"
> Depth 8
> Modes "1280x1024" "1024x768"
> EndSubSection
> SubSection "Display"
> Depth 24
> Modes "1280x1024" "1024x768"
> EndSubSection EndSection
> Section "DRI" EndSection
> -----------------------------------------------
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