Re: X won't log in (was Re: Xpmac can't find font 'fixed')

[Frank Murphy <murphyf+deb-ppc@f-m.fm>]

> > But Xpmac is unsupported in Debian (which is why you had to compile
> > it yourself), so that means that valkyrie video devices are unsupported
> > in Debian.
>
> Unsupported? The fbdev driver should work with it, at least with
> valkyriefb.

Ah OK. So Xpmac is unsupported, but valkyrie devices are supported.

> > But you might still get it to work. If you can, perhaps you could
> > make a package for others who might need it.
>
> No, Xpmac was a hack that was supposed to die a long time ago. Compared
> to the current XFree86 server, the list of its missing features and
> added bugs must be truly horrifying.

I didn't realize valkyrie was supported in the kernel.

Frank