Re: XFree86 on Macintosh Powerbook
On Die, 2002-09-17 at 18:14, Mr.Fletcher wrote:
> Michel Dänzer wrote:
> > 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. :)
> I tried doing what you suggested but i encountered quite some problems,
> first of all i don't have a "deb" command and i wasn't able to find out
> in which package it may be included. I connected to the above site but i
> wasn't able to find out what to download and how to use it. finally i
> tried compiling the kernel with DRI support, but i wasn't able to find
> out which AGP chipset is mounted on my powerbook, so it crashed during
> compilation.
Just add that line to /etc/apt/sources.list and
apt-get update; apt-get install xserver-xfree86-dri-trunk
If you want DRI, also install drm-trunk-module-src and build the DRM
from there.
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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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