Re: Can the latest stable Debian be compelled to run in vesa mode, rather than the motherboard graphics card, if the said card doesn't have drivers available? How?
Would the setps as described in the following link be necessary?
http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/view/svn/x/xorg-server.html
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Installation of Xorg Server
Install the server by running the following commands:
./configure $XORG_CONFIG \
--enable-glamor \
--enable-suid-wrapper \
--with-xkb-output=/var/lib/xkb &&
make
To test the results, issue: make check. You will need to run ldconfig
as the root user first or some tests may fail.
Now as the root user:
make install &&
mkdir -pv /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d &&
cat >> /etc/sysconfig/createfiles << "EOF"
/tmp/.ICE-unix dir 1777 root root
/tmp/.X11-unix dir 1777 root root
EOF
Command Explanations
--enable-glamor: Build the Glamor DIX (Device Independent X) module
which is currently used by: R600 or later radeon video chipsets, the
modesetting driver (which is part of this package) for hardware using
KMS which offers acceleration, and (optionally) the intel driver.
--enable-suid-wrapper: Builds the suid-root wrapper for legacy driver
support on rootless xserver systems.
--disable-systemd-logind: This switch disables elogind integration
allowing Xorg Server to work without having the PAM module configured.
--enable-install-setuid: This switch restores the setuid bit to the
Xorg executable allowing Xorg Server to work with a virtual terminal
designated on the startx command line.
cat >> /etc/sysconfig/createfiles...: This command creates the
/tmp/.ICE-unix and /tmp/.X11-unix directories at startup, and ensures
that the permissions and ownership are correct as required by the
server.
--enable-dmx: Builds the DMX (Distributed Multihead X) server.
--enable-kdrive: This option allows the configure script to enable
Xephyr if its dependencies are met.
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Best,
Rajib
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