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Re: XFree86 on a Wallstreet PBG3



Chris

I am using 3.3.6.  If I submit a bug report, I don't think they will pay
much attention to it.  However, I would still be willing to submit one.
Since, I have never done so, How do I submit a bug for this problem?

Thanks,

Jaime C. Avila

On Tue, 28 May 2002, Chris Tillman wrote:

> 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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