From: duwe@immd4.informatik.uni-erlangen.de (Torsten Duwe (Emacs)) Subject: Re: Anyone with an S3 board got X11 running? Date: 18 Sep 1992 18:41:41 GMT
kraft@gac.edu (Steven Kraft) writes:
>In article <1992Sep16.211413.8922@blaze.cs.jhu.edu> writes:
>> Hi all,
>>
>> Does anyone out there have Linux/X11 running with an S3 accelerated
>>video board? It seems to have a significant performance advantage over the
>>TSENG.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Phil
>Well, I don't have it running, but I am trying to get something going
>for the S3. Others are working on this project too, but no alpha version
>has been released as of this time.
>Has anyone else that I don't know already started work on this project?
>If so, I would appreciate any insights gained.....
Why don't you give the 8514 code a try ? The graphics engine looks pretty
compatible. ;-] I know what I'm gonna do when I get back to my linux box
next week...
(for you BSD folks: the linux X/8514 code has been alpha released recently)
>--
>Steve Kraft kraft@gac.edu CompSci Major / Academic Computing
>Gustavus Adolphus College, St. Peter, MN 56082
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