Re: Xfree86 help on PowerBook 17
> It is the 1GHz PowerBook.
> I wonder why they changed the video hardware?
> Any known problems with the nVidia GeForce4 440 Go ???
> I guess MacOS-X works OK so I can't blame the hardware.
> Maybe they changed for price and/or performance reasons ???
>
> I'm using Debian unstable version of XF86. This seems recent enough.
> It detects the video hardware OK and "X -probeonly" does not report any
> errors in the log file.
>
> I eventually want to go to the 2.6 kernels but I think it is a bit too
> early for me at this stage. It might be worth a try though just to see
> what happens.
If you decide to try 2.6 kernels, use BenH's 2.6.0-test7 and apply my
rivafb patch. Plain 2.6 didn't work on the Geforce 4 MX, at least.
Michael
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