[Date Prev][Date Next] [Thread Prev][Thread Next] [Date Index] [Thread Index]

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.


-- 
Earthling Michel Dänzer (MrCooper)/ Debian GNU/Linux (powerpc) developer
XFree86 and DRI project member   /  CS student, Free Software enthusiast



Reply to: