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by **Mark** » Tue, 02 Mar 1999 04:00:00

Has anyone used Accel-X n FreeBSD 3.x? I called them and they said they
have only used it on 2.2.x so they were not sure. Regardless, how do you
like it?

by **Christopher G. Petrill** » Tue, 02 Mar 1999 04:00:00

> Has anyone used Accel-X n FreeBSD 3.x? I called them and they said they
> have only used it on 2.2.x so they were not sure. Regardless, how do you
> like it?

They don't "officially" support Elf format systems YET, however, having
said that I'm running 4.1.2 Accelerated-X on my 3.0 system without any
problems. Note that I went through a lot of confusion because they ship
the entire distribution of X for Linux, but ONLY the Server and some
libraries for FreeBSD/BSD, so you'll need to install it over a XFree86
installation---this is BOGUS ;-) I've beaten them up, and I suspect the
next release will have the full distribution on it.

Also, I get the feeling they'll officially support Elf in the next
release.

Chris
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by **Tim Daneliu** » Tue, 02 Mar 1999 04:00:00

> Has anyone used Accel-X n FreeBSD 3.x? I called them and they said they
> have only used it on 2.2.x so they were not sure. Regardless, how do you
> like it?

I use it on 2.2.8 - a fine product and good value with excellent
suppot - 'nuff said.
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by **Tak Pui Lo** » Tue, 02 Mar 1999 04:00:00

I'm using 4.1 on fbsd 3.0R and have found no problems so far. Not only it
makes your life easier, its drivers are actually much better than XF86. For
~$100, you can get something much better than MS WIN9x. I would prefer spend
my money on Accel-X.

> >Has anyone used Accel-X n FreeBSD 3.x? I called them and they said they
> >have only used it on 2.2.x so they were not sure. Regardless, how do you
> >like it?

> i'm using 4.1 (with all the patches) on fbsd 3.1-RELEASE and it works
> fine. you will probably have to mess around with ldconfig to make
> sure the aout loader picks up the aout libs from /usr/X11R6/lib.

Yeh, that's the only thing I need to do.

> compiling X software has unfortunately become something of a pain in
> the butt. i had to download the Xfree86 tarballs (actually you just
> need Xbin) and unpack a bunch of the elf library files. for most
> apps you have to get into the Makefile and muck with the link options
> so it links the elf X libs in properly.

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by **Jon Drukm** » Wed, 03 Mar 1999 04:00:00

>Has anyone used Accel-X n FreeBSD 3.x? I called them and they said they
>have only used it on 2.2.x so they were not sure. Regardless, how do you
>like it?

i'm using 4.1 (with all the patches) on fbsd 3.1-RELEASE and it works
fine. you will probably have to mess around with ldconfig to make
sure the aout loader picks up the aout libs from /usr/X11R6/lib.

compiling X software has unfortunately become something of a pain in
the butt. i had to download the Xfree86 tarballs (actually you just
need Xbin) and unpack a bunch of the elf library files. for most
apps you have to get into the Makefile and muck with the link options
so it links the elf X libs in properly.

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by **Christoph Haa** » Wed, 03 Mar 1999 04:00:00

> Has anyone used Accel-X n FreeBSD 3.x? I called them and they said they
> have only used it on 2.2.x so they were not sure. Regardless, how do you
> like it?

I just mailed Metro-X and they said that their current X server (4.1.3
iirc) supports ELF. I'll give it a try in a few weeks. I'm using Accel
X 4.1 right now, and I'm completely satisfied, but since they don't
support ELF at the moment (and because Metro-X seems to be cheaper)
I'll try out Metro-X.

BTW, Metro Link is going to sell a newer version of Motif for FreeBSD
(2.1.10), another advantage over Xig (just my $ 0.02).

Bye,

Christoph

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by **David Facia** » Fri, 05 Mar 1999 04:00:00

>Has anyone used Accel-X n FreeBSD 3.x? I called them and they said they
>have only used it on 2.2.x so they were not sure. Regardless, how do you
>like it?

I am using 4.1.2 with FreeBSD 4.0-CURRENT and it works just great. I
originally got it to support my Matrox G200 (which is now supported
by XFree but hey, why switch now?).

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