Re: [Q] .debs for X servers?

[Brendan J Simon <brendan.simon@ctam.com.au>]

Daniel Jacobowitz wrote:

> On Sun, Aug 20, 2000 at 08:28:10PM +0000, Jonathan Belson wrote:
> > Hiya
> >
> >
> > I've just managed to install Debian on my Powerstack
> > Estrella, but I haven't managed to get X working yet
> > due to the lack of xservers.
> >
> > What is the procedure?  Do powerpc users have to use
> > the ggi or framebuffer server?  Do we have to compile
> > X from source?  Use alien with another distribution?
> >
> > My machine has a cirrus logic 5436, so I need the
> > svga server.
>
> No, on powerpc you need the fbdev server (xserver-fbdev).  You might
> get a better accelerated server with 4.0, which we're still working on
> packaging.

I just get the XFree86 source from one of the mirrors and compile/install it.  It
works straight out of the box.
Some debs would be great but the source compile is so simple that I'm happy with
that.

Brendan Simon.