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Inside Linux Installing XFree86 Most CD-ROM distributions of Linux contain the binary distribution of XFree86. It is also available from a number of FTP sites, such as sunsite.unc.edu. The current version of XFree86 is 3.3.3.1 and is the version shipping with the majority of Linux distributions. I recommend that you install the version from the Linux distribution. The vendor may have special install scripts to satisfy file dependencies. However, this should not preclude you from downloading the current version of XFree86. For more information, you can visit the XFree86 Project Web site at http://www.xfree86.org. Hardware Requirements One of the most important hardware components relating to X is the video adapter. Before installing X, be sure you consult the documentation for your video adapter. Locate the “specification” section - it contains the information required by X. The chip set is the most important item you will need to know. If the documentation does not reveal the chip set used, the SuperProbe program (bundled with X) can be used to detect the chip set. A word of warning - SuperProbe can lock up the video system. Be sure to consult the XFree86 release notes for a complete list of chip sets supported. You will find README files for the various chip sets - one for each chip set. These README files provide detailed information concerning the support of each chip set. The minimum machine to run Linux and XFree86 is an 80486. To run X comfortably, you should have at least 16MB of RAM installed. The general rule here is the more RAM, the better. You can use a virtual disk to make up for a lack of physical RAM, but swapping is an input/output (I/O) intensive process. Disk I/O is the most significant bottleneck on a system. You may find technical papers that tell you XFree86 can run in 8MB of physical RAM with no problem. Some will even tell you 4MB of physical RAM! Don’t be taken by these recommendations. Experience is the best teacher, as they say, and I am here to tell you that 16MB is the minimum; 32MB is preferred. NOTE You can run XFree86 on a Linux system with 16MB of virtual memory, but you will be disgruntled. The comfortable minimum is 16MB of physical memory, or you will experience lackluster performance. If you anticipate heavy X use, you should have 32MB of physical RAM. To install a standard XFree86 configuration, including X server, basic fonts, libraries, and standard X utilities, requires about 60MB of disk space. If you are a developer and are brave enough to tackle X programming, you will require roughly 200MB of disk space. Chip Sets The following chip sets are supported by XFree86 release 3.3.3. Note that chips marked with an asterisk (*) have either limited support, or drivers for them are not actively maintained. Ark Logic - ARK1000PV, ARK1000VL, ARK2000PV, ARK2000MT Alliance - AP6422, AT24 ATI - 18800, 18800-1, 28800-2, 28800-4, 28800-5, 28800-6, 68800-3, 68800-6, 68800AX, 68800LX, 88800GX-C, 88800GX-D, 88800GX-E, 88800GX-F, 88800CX, 264CT, 264ET, 264VT, 264GT, 264VT-B, 264VT3, 264GT-B, 264GT3 (this list includes the Mach8, Mach32, Mach64, 3D Rage, 3D Rage II, and 3D Rage Pro) Avance Logic - ALG2101, ALG2228, ALG2301, ALG2302, ALG2308, ALG2401 Cirrus Logic -CLGD5420, CLGD5422, CLGD5424, CLGD5426, CLGD5428, CLGD5429, CLGD5430, CLGD5434, CLGD5436, CLGD5440, CLGD5446, CLGD5462, CLGD5464, CLGD5465, CLGD5480, CLGD6205, CLGD6215, CLGD6225, CLGD6235, CLGD6410, CLGD6412, CLGD6420, CLGD6440, CLGD7541(*), CLGD7543(*), CLGD7548(*), CLGD7555(*) page 62
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