Re: XFree86 don't works on eMac
On Fri, Feb 06, 2004 at 02:31:56PM +0100, Michel Dänzer wrote:
> On Fri, 2004-02-06 at 14:39, Sven Luther wrote:
> > On Fri, Feb 06, 2004 at 12:24:25AM +0100, Michel Dänzer wrote:
> > > On Thu, 2004-02-05 at 17:19, Sven Luther wrote:
> > > > On Thu, Feb 05, 2004 at 04:14:03PM +0100, Michel Dänzer wrote:
> > > > > On Thu, 2004-02-05 at 17:03, Sven Luther wrote:
> > > > > >
> > > > > > BTW, is the fbdev driver supposed to be working with the dri-trunk
> > > > > > server ?
> > > > >
> > > > > What for? It obviously doesn't support the DRI, so
> > > > > xserver-xfree86-dri-trunk doesn't ship it.
> > > >
> > > > Yeah, that is what i thought also, but it is usefull for debuging
> > > > purpose and such. Especially if for whatever reason the normal driver is
> > > > messed up, to have at least a working setup.
> > >
> > > You can always use (parts of) xserver-xfree86 in that case? *shrug*
> >
> > Yeah, but the dri alternative magic makes this not possible.
>
> How so? (There's no 'alternative magic', do you mean the diversion?) You
> can
>
> * use XFree86.nodri-trunk
> * ln -s /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/drivers/fbdev_drv.o
> /usr/X11R6/lib/modules-dri-trunk/drivers/
> * ...
You mean, there should be no problem in running the 4.3.0 fbdev driver
in the dri-trunk one ? If so, should you not be creating symlinks for
all the missing modules or something ?
Anyway, as said, it was just a curiosity, not a real problem.
Friendly,
Sven Luther
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