Re: amiga 1200
On Sun, Mar 7, 2010 at 20:07, Goswin von Brederlow <goswin-v-b@web.de> wrote:
> heymanj@acm.org writes:
>> On 5 March 2010 at 2:35, Giuseppe Panassidi <giuseppepanassidi@shockdom.com>wrote:
>>
>>> I would install a full working debian on my amiga 1200 ( AGA )
>>> I have an ethernet adapter ( etherlink III pcmcia)
>>> I installed a version of debian but Xfree86 does not works
>>
>> I've been known to be wrong before, but I have 3.0v1 up and running on my
>> A3000 with a 68040, but no Xfree because it doesn't support ECS or the A2410.
>
> Since you managed to install Debian I assume he has 68030+. I used to
> have XFree on AGA but its been a long time and Debian has XOrg now.
>
> So you need to be a bit more verbose about your problem. What version of
> Debian are you using and what does X say when you start it. You might
> want to attach the logfile it writes.
This is a known problem. Latest X in Debian/m68k doesn't work on Amiga:
it crashes with SEGV. X also lost the iplan2pX support for Atari.
Both worked in XFree86 3.x.
Reviving these is somewhere on my infinite^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^Hlong todo list...
Gr{oetje,eeting}s,
Geert
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