Re: newbie tiBook questions
On Mon, 2002-09-30 at 20:32, Jim McLoughlin wrote:
>
> 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.
Here you go:
1) Build a current benh kernel.
2) Install xserver-xfree86-dri-trunk from
deb http://penguinppc.org/~daenzer/debian/dri-trunk/ ./
It runs on woody and doesn't need a modeline, it detects the panel
parameters automatically.
--
Earthling Michel Dänzer (MrCooper)/ Debian GNU/Linux (powerpc) developer
XFree86 and DRI project member / CS student, Free Software enthusiast
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