Re: XFree86 on Macintosh Powerbook
On Son, 2002-09-15 at 21:59, Mr.Fletcher wrote:
> i've been trying to configure xfree86 on my new powerbook (it sports a
> Ati Radeon 7500) but i wasn't able to make it work. I tried to configure
> it with xf86cfg both with the native ati driver and the framebuffer.
> i've been able to make it somehow start but the display is somehow
> scrambled, it seems to have sync problems. I'm using the 4.2.0 version
> of xfree86 and it should support the video card.
You either need a 1280x854 mode definition for X (fbset -x provides one
if you're running radeonfb) or
deb http://penguinppc.org/~daenzer/debian/dri-trunk/ ./
You'll probably want the latter anyway. :)
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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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