From: dwex@mtgzfs3.att.com (David E. Wexelblat) Subject: Re: ATI Graphics Ultra Pro/X8514 problems Date: Sat, 31 Jul 1993 00:21:57 GMT
In article <1993Jul30.010521.11906@wixer.bga.com> btadlock@wixer.bga.com (Bob Tadlock) writes:
> I have been reading comp.os.linux this evening and read about
> 20 articles concerning the ATI Graphics Ultra Pro video card
> and Xwindows. It appears that many of you are trying to use
> Xfree.1.3 or X8514 Xserver with the ATI card. That card in
> my opinion is one of the best and fastest for the PC, however,
> you need the correct Xserver that was written for the ATI card.
> The correct Xserver is XF86.mach32 with this Xserver you can
> do 1400x1240 virtual res, 1280x1024 phyiscal res, and have all the
> features of Xfree.1.3 including switching to a virtual text
> based console. I use the ATI Graphics Ultra Pro 2MB EISA and
> it works great with XF86.Mach32 Xserver, no problems or bugs!
> The X8514 is a good server but the XF86.Mach32 server is the
> one for the card.
> Thanks!
> Bob Tadlock btadlock@wixer.bga.com
>
Except for one little problem. That server is not available to anyone who
is not part of the XFree86 development team. It is ALPHA code, which we
have not made available. Since you are not a member of the beta team
I would love to know how you got it, because whoever gave it to you
violated the rules they agreed to when they joined out team. This code
is NOT to be distributed. Period.
There will be a call for beta-testers when we get the stuff ready. We
are working on it.
Anyone violating our no-distribution policy will be summarily dismissed
from the team, if we find out who did it. We have very few rules; this
is the only significant one that we ask people to abide by. It's very
plain, and very simple.