Re: XF4 on Mach64 and 2.2 kernel?

[Adam C Powell IV <hazelsct@mit.edu>]

Adam C Powell IV wrote:

> Michel Dänzer wrote:
>
> > Adam C Powell IV wrote:
> >
> > > Then I tried startx using XF86Config.new, but got the message that it
> > > needed a Driver line in the Device section.  So I copied the line
> > > ``Driver "fbdev"'' from the Screen section to the Device section.
> > >
> > > This time it blanked the screen and locked the machine hard.  Oops.
> >
> > You need to add a bus ID to the device section, e.g.
> >
> >     BusID "PCI:0:16:0"
>
> YES!!  This worked with the fbdev driver.  Now it's beautiful- well, some things
> are slow and E doesn't work ("the server doesn't have the Shape extension"), but
> it's really quite nice otherwise.  Much better than the switch from Xpmac to Xfb
> anyway... :-)

D'oh!  RTFM.  Adding

    Load "extmod"

to the modules section did the trick.  (Maybe this should be in the default
XF86Config?)

The font for E's Brushedmetal theme seems to be missing, but the rest of the themes
work well.

Thanks again Michel!

-Adam P.

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