Re: XF4.0.1 on Debian and PowerMac problems....
"W. Crowshaw" wrote:
>
> Since I could get X 3.3.6 running on my Debian 2.2.17 installed
> PowerMac 7500 (4MB VRAM, 604e ),
What was the problem with 3.3.6?
> I decided to try upgrading X to 4.0.1. I followed roughly the directions
> given at http://linuxppc.org/documentation/xf4/. However, I have
> encountered a number of problems.
>
> First and foremost, X doesn't come up. Either at system startup or
> startx-ing, I get the follow message:
[...]
First of all, 4.0.1 is already rather old, 4.0.2 is waiting around the corner.
The current Debian 4.0.1 X packages should work fine on PPC and follow the
XFree86 development in CVS. Installing those packages might involve an upgrade
to woody, but as you seem to build X yourself you could as well built the
packages yourself.
> Now I am pretty sure I edited the file /etc/X11/XF86Config correctly
> following the new specifications.
Yes, looks good.
> The most important changed seems to be the BUSID in the "Device Section."
> Running "cat /proc/pci", I got two BusID alternatives: either "PCI:0:11:0"
> for Bandit or "PCI:0:16:0" for Grand. Alternating between both options
> seems to make no difference.
Have you tried without the bus ID? :)
Please post the output of lspci. For graphics hardware which isn't visible as
a standard PCI video device, the bus ID isn't necessary. Maybe it's even the
problem in your case.
> There are some further details as well. I have made
> /usr/X11R6/bin/XFree86 my default X server in file /etc/X11/Xserver.
> Building X4.0.1 did not produce an Xserver called XF68_FBDev.
This is normal. There is now only one binary called XFree86 anymore which
loads everything as modules.
> My second problem with installed X 4.0.1 relates to xfs. Previously,
> using X 3.3.6, the font server would always come up on startup, even
> when X itself failed. With X 4.0.1, now xfs also fails. On startup I
> get the following message:
> "Starting X font server: xfs/usr/bin/X11/xfs: error in loading shared
> libraries: libXfont.so./: cannot open shared object file: No such
^
I assume this should be a '1'?
> file or directory"
Have you installed the 4.x libraries and run ldconfig after that?
> If you can provide me any information, I would greatly appreciate it.
> I am almost going to give up on Debian and move to LinuxPPC because I
> can get the Xserver 3.3.6 at least running on that install.
Let's hope we can keep you on board...
Michel
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Earthling Michel Dänzer (MrCooper) \ CS student and free software enthusiast
Debian GNU/Linux (powerpc,i386) user \ member of XFree86 and The DRI Project
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