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authorJeroen Ruigrok van der Werven <asmodai@FreeBSD.org>1999-12-18 17:53:20 +0000
committerJeroen Ruigrok van der Werven <asmodai@FreeBSD.org>1999-12-18 17:53:20 +0000
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Change the ATI Mach64/XFree entry to actually reflect reality. XFree
supports this card for quite some time now.
Notes
Notes: svn path=/head/; revision=6224
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--- a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/book.sgml
+++ b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/book.sgml
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
</author>
</authorgroup>
-<pubdate>$FreeBSD: doc/en_US.ISO_8859-1/books/faq/book.sgml,v 1.28 1999/12/16 11:13:07 nik Exp $</pubdate>
+<pubdate>$FreeBSD: doc/en_US.ISO_8859-1/books/faq/book.sgml,v 1.29 1999/12/17 15:41:04 asmodai Exp $</pubdate>
<abstract><para> This is the FAQ for FreeBSD versions 2.X and 3.X. All entries are
assumed to be relevant to FreeBSD 2.0.5 and later, unless otherwise noted.
@@ -2481,22 +2481,10 @@ and the preceding comma (keep the trailing comma). Now follow
the normal procedure of building a new kernel.</para>
<para>Even after applying these workarounds, you may still find that
-X Window does not work properly. Some newer ATI Mach 64 video
-cards (notably ATI Mach Xpression) do not run with the current
-version of <emphasis remap=tt>XFree86</emphasis>; the screen goes black when you start
-X Window, or it works with strange problems. You can get
-a beta-version of a new X-server that works better, by looking at
-<ulink URL="http://www.xfree86.org/">the XFree86 site</ulink>
-and following the links to the new beta release. Get the
-following files:</para>
-
-<para><emphasis remap=tt>AccelCards, BetaReport, Cards, Devices, FILES, README.ati,
-README.FreeBSD, README.Mach64, RELNOTES, VGADriver.Doc,
-X312BMa64.tgz</emphasis></para>
-
-<para>Replace the older files with the new versions and make sure you
-run <ulink URL="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?manpath=xfree86&amp;query=xf86config">xf86config</ulink> again.</para>
-
+the X Window System does not work properly. If this is the case, make
+sure that the XFree86 version you are using is at least XFree86 3.3.3
+or higher. This version and upwards has built-in support for the
+Mach64 cards and even a dedicated X server for those cards.</para>
</answer></qandaentry>
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