Re: Installing...
On Thu 16 Nov, Jonathan Amery wrote:
> In article <[🔎] d1baf11d4a%peter@erble.freeserve.co.uk> you write:
> >In message <[🔎] 14866.50415.824109.683866@pick.empire.pick.ucam.org>
> > Jonathan Amery <jdamery@pick.ucam.org> wrote:
> >> 'scuse me for being stupid like, but how would I go about installking
> >> debian-arm on my RiscPC (running ARMLinux and RISC OS) - 'cos the
> >> install deosn't seem to be quite coherant...
> >Perhaps you can shed light on which "install" you mean, and why it's not
> >coherent - are you referring to a document or something else?
>
> It would appear that I'm not coherant either :)
>
> I meant the install documents on www.debian.org
yes, those are currently severly out of date wrt ARM, and especially Risc PC.
Peter's doc is the current definitive one, although I'm finalising a new one
for our distribution (and I have a few notes on probs I found using peter's
docs). Eventually I'll get round to updating the arm install readmes too.
Here's the notes I made (actually matched to our distro, which doesn't
exactly match peter's stuff, but still useful):
Mouse:
------
You need to add the RISCOS mouse
makedev arcmouse c 10 6 root root 0660
link the mouse to it:
ln -sf /dev/arcmouse /dev/mouse
/etc/gpm.conf should be
--begin gpm.conf---
device=/dev/mouse
responsiveness=
repeat_type=
type=busmouse
append=""
--end gpm.conf----
Getting X working
-----------------
For X to work you need to have a framebuffer set up ready for it.
this is done with a command like
openvt -c 7 fbset 800x600-60
to set an 800x600, 60Hz mode.
you can check it has worked by doing
openvt -c 7 fbset
and using alt-F7 to check the mode info displayed there use Alt-F1 to get
back to terminal 1
choose whatever is right for your monitor. The modes must match those in the
/etc/fb.modes file.
You also need an apporpriate X config file.
one is provided in Misc.XF86Config on the disc
This needs to be copied into /etc/X11/X86Config
Check the VideoRAM setting is correct for your machine.
Once you understand how this works you may want to change the Monitor info
too.
they you can start X with
startx
If you don't set up the framebuffer first then it will try to start but
shortly quit with a 'signall 11'.
Wookey
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