 Openbsd Ppc:need Hlp To Enable Accelerated X "ati" |
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 Aug 4 2005, 07:39 PM
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Premium Member  Group: Members Posts: 254 Joined: 28-December 04 Member No.: 1,884  |
Hello,
I'm not sure that many people on this board are OpenBSD users. and out of any, probably even less OpenBSD PPC users... But I'm running OpenBSD 3.7 on an Apple iMac DV (400MHz G3) and there's supposed to be a way to enable hardware accelerated X for ati chipsets, which I have. (Rage 128 series) But the help I found was a sample file for a G4 Powerbook... Does anyone know the proper things to issue to xorg.conf to get the accelerated ati driver working? Also, does anyone know how I can enable the sound on this? This post has been edited by microscopic^earthling: Aug 5 2005, 08:30 AM |
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Aug 15 2005, 06:43 PM
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Premium Member Group: Members Posts: 493 Joined: 15-August 05 Member No.: 7,873 |
QUOTE(the empty calorie @ Aug 4 2005, 12:39 PM) Hello, I'm not sure that many people on this board are OpenBSD users. and out of any, probably even less OpenBSD PPC users... But I'm running OpenBSD 3.7 on an Apple iMac DV (400MHz G3) and there's supposed to be a way to enable hardware accelerated X for ati chipsets, which I have. (Rage 128 series) But the help I found was a sample file for a G4 Powerbook... Does anyone know the proper things to issue to xorg.conf to get the accelerated ati driver working? Also, does anyone know how I can enable the sound on this?  In theory the sample for the powerbook *should* work on the iMac so long as they are the same chipset. However the powerbook version is probably the mobile version. As I said...it *should* work... As far as sound goes, I have no clue. What do you need sound for? My FreeBSD box I have I got my old Aureal Vortex 2 sound card to actually work...only to find there really wasn't much in terms of sound. Granted I use the box as a file server, but... The only time I've use OpenBSD are on x86 boxes designed as secure routers/firewalls for offices and to setup a VPN. |
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Aug 19 2005, 05:12 PM
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Premium Member Group: Members Posts: 254 Joined: 28-December 04 Member No.: 1,884 |
Well, I'm setting up the iMac for someone else as a desktop computer, but I decided to actually try ubuntu debian GNU/linux on it, for the sake of the person has no *NIX experience whatsoever, and OpenBSD not supporting the dial-up modem, and the sound, as the person wishes to mainly use the computer as a music player for CDs and files, and to type the occasional paper and such. So far, it works quite niucely, and I haven't had to issue a single CLI commands to be able to do anything, which would bother the hell out of me, but that's to make it easier to him and his wife-to-be to use. So in essence, a GNU/Linux system as a wedding present.
My sound still doesn't work on my Intel box either, but I just end up throwing everything off BitTorrent onto CD and playing it in the second CD drive (dedicated CDDA) through my home stereo, so not a big issue. Thank you for the help though! |
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