Re: XFree86 4.0.1 and app-defaults
On Thu, Jul 27, 2000 at 01:32:32PM +0200, Christian T. Steigies wrote:
> On Thu, Jul 27, 2000 at 12:57:10PM +0200, Sven LUTHER wrote:
> > I remember running XF4 on top of amifb way back in the 3.9.16 days, i suppose
> > this will work nicely on m68k also, if you can build the kernel.
> amifb is not the only fb available for m68k. It might work for me, but I can
> not see it, since my ami mon has gone bust. Will you donate me an old mon,
> or better a flickerfixer so I can test that?
Huh, ...
what is the problem with using the vga mode on amifb, sure you will need a
connector converter, but it works fine. I have been usning a 30Khz+ monitor
since the longest time on my amiga.
> AFAIK amifb is the _only_ fb for m68k which is working in X4.0, or maybe
> there is one more. Youre the xfree developer, not me. Ill try to improve the
> kernel driver for my virge, but I will not work on xfree drivers in the
> foreseable future.
Well, there is pm2fb, but you will need a powerup board for it so most
probably you will be running apus and not m68k. But then i think some
cyberstorm boards accepted pm2 cybervision cards.
That said, are you saying that the fbdevhw stuff will not run on your virge fb
? Did you test it before saying that, i see no major reason why it should not
work (sure, it is unaccelerated, but then ...)
> > > Fine, but what if the 4.0 libraries can not be built on m68k (I would not
> > > wonder if), will the 3.3.6 libaries be still around for us?
> >
> > Did you try it ?
> Are source packages available?
> That was not my question, I do not intend to build anything now, I was just
> asking a technical question. Again: will xfree 3.3.6 and 4.0 be able to
> exist simultaneously in the archive? X4.0 would need to have a new package
> name then I think. This is the plan, right? I only want a confirmation for
> that... if not, we might declare the m68k port dead for woody.
>
> > How long do you think i would need to build XF4 on a 25MHz 68040 ?
> No idea, are source packages available? Oh, I said that before, all I can
> say is, xfree 3.3.6 takes about 24h on 060@50, 4.0 will be about half the
> time, since IIRC libc5 packages will be dropped. No idea what else wil be
> built to make it use more time...
So it will take days on my box, maybe i could try it out, but it would be
bests if someone with a faster processor did do it.
Well, for response to the kind of porblem you are asking you just need to
compile the upstream XF4.0.1 tarball, no need of debian packaging to find this
out.
> > mach64 should be supported under XF4, or will soonely, i think, anyway, you
> > could always run the fbdev Xserver without accels.
> I could also run in VGA mode or buy a new graphics card. But again, that was
> not my question...
Ok, but until someone tries a compile, we will not have a definitive answer on
this, and most possibly no fix to any problem that will come up.
Friendly,
Svne LUTHER
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