Hi,

Christian Hennecke schrieb:

> Folks,
>
> I've obtained a new machine with an ATi X850 card. Now the question is
> how to configure XFree86/OS2 4.5.
>
> xfree86 -configure creates a configuration file with the vesa driver.
>

Yes, that's how it works. Or you can configure X with the vga driver.

> I downloaded the Linux driver package for XFree86 4.3 from ATi.

Why?

> This
> contains a module fglrx_drv.o but I guess I can't just use that, can I?

Linux binary modules cannot used with XFree86 for OS/2.
There are 2 ways to make use of the graphics adapter beyond vesa
limitations:
1. a PM-based XServer (HOBLink X11) or Java XServer (WeirdX)
2. Using Windows with a commercial PC-XServer (WRQ Reflection) is the best
solution, if you need OpenGL or 3D features.

Regards
Andreas Kohl

On Mon, 8 Jan 2007 12:43:22 UTC, Andreas Kohl wrote:

> > I've obtained a new machine with an ATi X850 card. Now the question is
> > how to configure XFree86/OS2 4.5.
> >
> > xfree86 -configure creates a configuration file with the vesa driver.
>
> Yes, that's how it works. Or you can configure X with the vga driver.
>
> > I downloaded the Linux driver package for XFree86 4.3 from ATi.
>
> Why?

Well, I'd rather be able to use a decent screen resolution at decent
speed.

> > This
> > contains a module fglrx_drv.o but I guess I can't just use that, can I?
>
> Linux binary modules cannot used with XFree86 for OS/2.

AFAIK you *can*. Open a module from the XFree86/OS2 distribution in a
hex editor. See the "ELF" string. I had no problems with the Linux
mga_hal_drv.o module I downloaded from Matrox. But unfortunately, the
ATi driver module seems to require some additional stuff.
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