newbie tiBook questions
Hi folks
Just got Debian woody up and running dual boot on my tiBook (DVI 667
rev C, 1280x854, mobility radeon 7500). I have read through the
archives but still can't figure out exactly what I need to do to:
- get better power/thermal mgmt going - it runs extremely hot with the
default kernel, hopefull this will help cool things off.
- setup X properly so I can use windowmaker
I'm not clear on which of Branden or Michael's XFree86 packages I
should use (both?), whether they require that I replace my kernel
first, whether I need to have sid installed to upgrade these thing
properly, etc.
I tried building benh's latest kernel, but am not familiar with many of
the options, and am not clear on which gcc version I should be using
(2.95.x?, can I use 3.2 instead?). And the package available via
apt-cache search seems old (2.4.18 circa 3/2002). I have scene some
kernel config files floating around, but many are for older revision
tiBooks, and may not have the same settings.
If anyone who has configured the same model tiBook could give me a more
definitive list of steps to take (kernel first, which xfree to use,
which modeline to use (can I copy the xfconfig examples directly?),
etc) in getting things online, I would be grateful. I know this comes
up often, I just couldn't figure out the proper path to take here.
cheers
Jim M
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