Re: PowerMac 7300 debian 3r1 X-Server
On 19 Jan, this message from thomas echoed through cyberspace:
> PowerMac 7200/7300. What X-Server to use ? What chipset for graphics is used on that board ?
> thanks in advance,
Do you mean 7200 or 7300? It's different, actually, although for X it
doesn't make a difference.
Let me explain:
The 7200 has an Apple 'platinum' graphics chip. The 7300 has an Apple
'control' graphics chip.
Both don't have native support in X. That is not a problem, however,
since they would hardly gain anything from direct support; in fact both
chips provide a simple framebuffer without any acceleration (with one
small exception, but that's not really an issue).
For both you need to use a kernel with built-in platinumfb resp.
controlf, i.e. the console driver specific to the chip. Default Debian
kernels should be OK.
Then, in X, you use the fbdev driver.
Cheers
Michel
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