Re: XFree86 on a Wallstreet PBG3
On Tue, May 28, 2002 at 12:10:59PM -0700, Jaime cristerna Avila wrote:
> 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.
So, this is a comment for the 3.3.6 version of X or 4.1.x? If it's 4.1.x,
then you should probably submit this as a bug to xserver-xfree86. If it's
the old version, well maybe Branden will tell us here, but I suspect since
there will be no further revisions to that version of X, it would do no
good to submit a bug.
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