> Date: Fri, 7 Mar 2003 10:15:07 -0800 (PST) > From: "B. Levin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > I was assuming that you were running 4.3.0. Eric A. is the maintainer > > for the FreeBSD port, but he is trying to get 4.3.0 out for the 4.8 > > release, so he is probably not interested in 4.2 patches any longer. > > ok. to clarify, I'm running 4.2.1 on freebsd 4.8-RC, all sw is latest released > -STABLE tree as of yesterday. > > and my last mail said pkg. I didn't mean that. I mean strictly by ports (src) > only, at my site. > > > > > If you built from ports, you should have 4.2.1 which I run on a dual > > head Matrox with no problems. (In fact, I am using it to send this > > message.) I use portupgrade to keep my ports up to date and use the > > '-DWITH_MATROX_GXX_DRIVER' option to make by entering it into > > yes, I forced that define! I know that since I did a 'file' on the .o matrox > hal files and they said freebsd. if you do a file on them ON a bsd box and > they are the 'linux' (matrox built .o files) they simply don't say freebsd in > parens. so I know I built them ok with that define, like you said. hmmm. > wonder why it didn't work for me. > > are you using dual dvi, which REQUIRES hal_lib ?
No. I am running dual SVGAs on mine, and I have run successfully both with and without the hal_lib. That may be the issue. R. Kevin Oberman, Network Engineer Energy Sciences Network (ESnet) Ernest O. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Phone: +1 510 486-8634 _______________________________________________ XFree86 mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xfree86
