Re: X on new iBook
Bastien Nocera wrote:
>
> Quoting Michel Dänzer <michdaen@iiic.ethz.ch>:
>
> > Christian Pernegger wrote:
> >
> > > Even though it says on penguinppc.org that the ati(r128)
> > > driver from XFree 4.0.2 should work out-of-the-box, it
> > > doesn't on my iBook FireWire. (I tried the debs in sid
> > > and those from penguinppc.org.)
> > >
> > > But then maybe it isn't supposed to, for some reason?
> > > Can someone give me appropriate pointers? A config
> > > file, perhaps?
> >
> > Do you have Opion "UseFBDev" in Section "Device"? You need that.
>
> How come ? Is this brokenness of XFree, or is it something that's to stay ?
> On 4.0.1phase2v5 (the XFree I'm still using), it worked without it.
It's an XFree86 bug.
> Is XFree4 gonna make its way to potato ? or we'll have to wait for woody to
> become stable ?
Neither. Just use testing ;)
Michel
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Earthling Michel Dänzer (MrCooper) \ Debian GNU/Linux (powerpc) developer
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