Re: DGA on iBook2
On Sun, 2001-10-28 at 16:08, Adrian Cox wrote:
> Michel Dänzer wrote:
>
> > On Sat, 2001-10-27 at 18:08, Adrian Cox wrote:
> >>It's still not perfect - the Xserver dies if I suspend the iBook when in
> >>DGA mode.
> > Is that with APM emulation enabled in the kernel and /dev/apm_bios
> > existing, resulting in lines like
> >
> > (II) Open APM successful
> >
> > in the X server log? If not, can you try with that and vice versa?
>
>
> I have APM emulation working well enough to run the GNOME battery
> applet. I made /dev/apm_bios with MAKEDEV apm:
>
> crw-rw---- 1 root root 10, 134 Oct 28 14:50 /dev/apm_bios
>
>
> But no such line appears in the X server log. Is there some other option
> I need to enable it? There's no mention of apm in man XF86Config-4.
I don't have any option either; it should automatically use it when
available. It should also issue a warning otherwise. So if there is
nothing about APM at all in the log, something is wrong - do you use
Debian XFree86 packages or have you built it yourself?
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Earthling Michel Dänzer (MrCooper)/ Debian GNU/Linux (powerpc) developer
XFree86 and DRI project member / CS student, Free Software enthusiast
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