[parisc-linux] C200 Voodoo2 Progress Report

[Derek Engelhaupt]

And I'm just happy that I got X/KDE to work on the built in graphics
card on my C180...finally.  Keep it up since I have a Voodoo2 available
to try on my C180 if you're successful.

derek

--- "B. Douglas Hilton" <bdhilton@charter.net> wrote:
> I have gotten my C200 back online and started some preliminary
> work with the Voodoo2 PCI card. I currently have it plugged into
> one of the 5V/32bit slots which may or may not be optimal.
> 
> Anyways,
> 
> 1. Linux Kernel 2.4.19-pa2 sstfb Voodoo1/2 framebuffer
> 
>   Well, the kernel compiled with the sstfb without
>   any errors. When I booted I got a black and white
>   checkerboard pattern on the Voodoo2 monitor. I had
>   disabled the stifb console, thinking that the kernel
>   might pick the sstfb for a console, but it didn't.
>   Just blankness for a while, then a checkerboard
>   pattern.
> 
>   I think this is encouraging and I think it is working.
>   I'm currently recompiling and will post some more news
>   later as I experiment some more with it. Next I will
>   try and put a console on the sstfb or even try running
>   X on it.
> 
> 
> 2. glide3-alpha-0.cvs.20010711
> 
>   This is the Debian source for Glide3 on the Alpha arch,
>   which is also big-endian. Initial compilation failed in
>   multiple places about missing sys/io.h which I have
>   located a file of that name in /usr/include/asm. I'll
>   see if I can figure out how best to correct this and try
>   again.
> 
> 
> Cheers!
> - Doug
> 
> 
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