Re: config of xfree86 with i810
» V.Suresh disse isso e eu digo aquilo:
> First, install all packages for X, mostly done during installation itself.
> Now run xf86config, and select VGA-16. Then startx, see if X comes up,
> It should, but with an ugly resolution & color. What you need is
> SVGA server, but if you select SVGA during xf86config, and then
> run startx, it wont come up. Now the real trouble. Two things I
> did:
> 1. Compile 2.4.x kernel, and install it. Boot through 2.4.x kernel.
That's not needed. I'm using 2.2.18-pre21.
> 2. Then, (I had previously downloaded .tgz files of XFree96 V 4.0)
> install the X 4.0 packages. They will overwrite all your X 3.3.x
> files.
It would have been better if you used deb packages for
it. Using the tgz way, dpkg will get a bit crazy about dependencies.
> 3. Now again xf86config, select SVGA server, then startx. VIOLA - All
> The beauty of X + wmaker. ;-)
In XFree4, there are not that lot of X servers from
XFree3. There is only one server - XFree86 - and several drivers. You
must specify it in xf86config.
> Correct me if I had done something silly. ;-)
Silly thing you've done: you chose wmaker ;-PPP
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