Re: XFree86 on a Wallstreet PBG3
Roger,
I came across this thread on May 20th when I was trying to install Debian
2.2r6 on my Wallstreet PowerBook G3, Family Number M4753. I was also
stuck with X and it would error out. Since I wanted to run the stable
version of Debian, I did not attempt to upgrade to testing/unstable. I
read an old 1999 thread stating that Yellowdog Linux worked fine on a
Wallstreet. So I downloaded the Yellow dog Linux 1.2 from
ftp://planetmirror.com.au/pub/yellowdog/iso/ydl-cs-1.2.1-install.iso and
installed it on the Wallstreet. I could not get the mouse to work, so I
took the mouse device /dev/input/mouse0 from Debian and put it into
Yellowdog. Once I got the mouse to work I was then able to run
Xconfigurator. Once Xconfigurator was finished I had a working X.
I then took the XF86Config file and placed it in Debian. However, it did
not work. After several trial and errors, I finally got it to work. I
took the Yellow Dog XF86Config file and changed the fonts to match the
Debian's XF86Config fonts. Then I took /usr/X11R6/bin/XF86_FBDev from the
Yellow Dog partition and replaced the debian's XF86_FBDev server with it.
After doing this, X worked on Debian.
I suppose that if I would have recompiled the XF86_FBDev server it would
have worked. However, I was not aware that the server was the problem.
If you like I could e-mail you my XF86Config file and the server XF86_FBDev
(gzipped down to 996k). I dare not attach it to this list because I don't
think that would be appropriate. Let me know and I would be glade to send
you those files.
Sincerely,
Jaime C. Avila
USC Chemistry
avila@usc.edu
On Tue, 21 May 2002, Koos van den Hout wrote:
> Quoting rw who wrote on Mon, May 20, 2002 at 02:19:22PM +0200:
>
> > - Args: "video=atyfb:mode:14,cmode:32,mclk:70 hda=autotune"
>
> I only have 'video=atyfb'. I attached the configfile which works for me.
>
> Koos
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