Re: [Q] .debs for X servers?
On Mon, Aug 21, 2000 at 09:44:06AM +0200, Jonathan Belson wrote:
> >On Sun, Aug 20, 2000 at 08:28:10PM +0000, Jonathan Belson wrote:
>
> >> 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
>
> I did try using that, but I got an error saysing the server couldn't open the
> device - I presume I have to recompile the kernel with fb support (2.2.17).
No, it's somewhere else in your configuration. You have fbdev support;
PowerPC has no other non-serial console method any more. Check if it's
trying to open the wrong device or something.
Dan
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