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Fw: Re: X driver and configuration on HP9000/710 (lunga)



Qualcuno ha esperienza con il framebuffer??? chi mi da una mano???

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Wed, 2002-07-17 at 17:28, webmaster@linuxabbestia.net wrote:
> On 17 Jul 2002 17:21:51 -0400 Steve Pacenka <s.pacenka@verizon.net> wrote: 8-§  > ftp://ftp.parisc-linux.org/kernels/32/
> yeah I'm going to download it and compile. I will be back as soon as I can with a feed back. Thankx again
> Ste@linuxabbestia.net

Kernel binaries at that site work well for me on both boxes.

Random notes from X discoveries:

1. If you use -pa55, define your keyboard to X as xfree86 not hp.  There
has been a recent change in the kernel keyboard driver that is not
reflected in older mailing list messages about configuring a keyboard
for X.

2. Use a serial mouse; HIL mouse not supported yet.  I use a 2-button
microsoft mouse.  I have had trouble having the gpm driver active during
X sessions on the 720 (but not on a 735).  gpm has little value to me
anyway so I deinstalled it on the 720 (it may be in the default install
from ISO).

3. The extended-char key is equivalent to an Alt key on a PC. 
control-extended-backspace kills the X server.  control-extended-f2 gets
back to a text console from X, control-extended-f7 resumes X.

4. The X video device driver to use is "fbdev".

5. If you have a 24-bit framebuffer that doesn't work try setting
DefaultFbBpp to 32 and DefaultDepth to 24.

6. The fbset utility (apt-get install fbset) is helpful to check the
actual video mode of a text console in framebuffer mode, but I can't get
it to change resolutions on crx or crx24.

7. The kernel has some support to change depths on cards that have more
than one.  Kernel boot parameter:

   video=stifb:bpp:8

   video=stifb:bpp:32

-- SP





Date: Thu, 18 Jul 2002 23:51:25 +0200
From: webmaster@linuxabbestia.net <debianabbestia@inwind.it>
To: Helge Deller <deller@gmx.de>
Subject: Re: X driver and configuration on HP9000/710


On Thu, 18 Jul 2002 00:57:14 +0200 Helge Deller <deller@gmx.de> wrote: 8-§  > On Thursday 18 July 2002 00:06, Steve Pacenka wrote:
8-§  > > 2. Use a serial mouse; HIL mouse not supported yet.  
8-§  > 
8-§  > This is not true any longer.
8-§  > HIL mouse is supported since around 2.4.18-pa53 and above for
8-§  > both X-Windows and gpm.
8-§  > Please read the FAQ at http://www.parisc-linux.org for more information
8-§  > on how to setup the mouse.

Today I tried to install X and setup the framebufferbut I failed.
I attach 3 file: the error, the configuration in the /etc/X11/XF86Config e the result of the command X -probeonly .
I probe a new fb device with #fbdev -fb /dev/fb8 -db /etc/fb.modes  -->> mode 1280x1024
Then I tried many times to fine tuning the XF86Config to let the system launch X, but I failed all te times... ((:-((
Ste


-- 
<<Unix IS user friendly... It's just selective about who its friends are!>>

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