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RE: X Window System crashs in powerbook 12'



> 
> Hi list,
> 
> I've installed Debian GNU/Linux in my powerbook 12" box but now I have
> some troubles with X Window System.
> 
> I've installed the XFree 4.2.99.4 from a Debian packages but in my
> xf86config I haven't support for nvidia. I've tried other drivers like
> VESA, but it doesn't work well. If I put the nv driver in 
> XF86Config my
> X Window crash and show me a nice black screen.
> 
> Any sugerence? Anybody has tested the Nvidia drivers from the 
> Nvidia web
> site? 
> 

I could be totally wrong here, but there are nvidia module packages in
testing...

nvidia-kernel-src (to compile the module against your kernel)
nvidia-glx (um, the other parts, no touching necessary)

There are instructions for compiling kernel modules (using drm-trunk.tar.gz)
on http://cattlegrid.net/~christophe/titanium/

hth

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