>> X -configure locks the Blade video & keyboard. When run from ssh, shows >> sunffb, wsfb, and wildcatfb drivers exist but says can't find any device. >> >> Only way to get X windows output is to manually create a xorg.conf with >> the wildcatfb driver specified: >> Section "Device" >> Identifier "Expert3D-lite" >> BusID "PCI:0:1:0" >> Driver "wildcatfb" >> EndSection >> (see below xorg.conf for full configuration) > > Yes, autoconfiguration for ifb(4) has been broken since > the upgrade to xserver 1.7. I've meant to fix it several times but > never actually managed to do it. > > Patches are welcome :) > >> >> This leaves me with 8bit unaccelerated video output that is unusable as a >> graphic workstation. > > This is also sad but true, and as far as I know there is little to no > publically available documentation (and few developpers interested) to > write a driver for the 3dlabs wildcat family.
I have a Sun Ultra 80 loaded (4x 450Mhz UltraSparc II, 4GB of RAM), it has an Expert3D in it, so I am in the same boat, manually got 8-bit unaccelerated graphics working, I would love to be able to actually have it run lite X stuff (blackbox, etc.) I have an interest in writing a driver for it. The only drawbacks are that I don't have a lot of time, and I have never wrote a "real" driver, just a few examples. I consider myself well versed in C, and I have tinkered with x86 assembly (never used SPARC assembly). I also live in the US, which I know may be an issue for some areas of OpenBSD. I have wanted to learn how to write drivers for a while, and I would like my Ultra 80 to be more usable. Has anybody ever attempted this? Is it a nightmare? Are the any hardware specs available? I can look into these questions as well, I just wondered if anyone knows. Regards, Mike.
