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Re: PowerBook G4 (TiBook)



>> 
>> 1) The Radeon Issue. 
>> 	I found some information about people who got Xfree running with
>> 	the radeon driver, not only with fbdev (Its working with FBDev,
>> 	but KDE3 is sloooooow)
>> 	Is is possible? And how?
>
>If it's *really* slow you're probably using the openfirmware frame
>buffer.  I've had a powerbook gigibit and currently a powerbook DVI;
>using radeonfb for X was actually zippy.   If you want 3D support,
>you'll need to grab the latest DRI trunk and re-compile your kernel to
>*exclude* DRM (you need a newer module).  The process has been described 
>many times on this list, check the archives.
>-Brett

The DRI trunk doesn't currently work on the M6, though XFree 4.2.0
should work properly on it.

Ben.




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