Re: X on new iBook
On Wed, Jan 17, 2001 at 02:02:39PM +0100, Michel Dänzer wrote:
> Bastien Nocera wrote:
> >
> > Quoting Michel Dänzer <michdaen@iiic.ethz.ch>:
> >
> > > Christian Pernegger wrote:
> > >
> > > > Even though it says on penguinppc.org that the ati(r128)
> > > > driver from XFree 4.0.2 should work out-of-the-box, it
> > > > doesn't on my iBook FireWire. (I tried the debs in sid
> > > > and those from penguinppc.org.)
> > > >
> > > > But then maybe it isn't supposed to, for some reason?
> > > > Can someone give me appropriate pointers? A config
> > > > file, perhaps?
> > >
> > > Do you have Opion "UseFBDev" in Section "Device"? You need that.
> >
> > How come ? Is this brokenness of XFree, or is it something that's to stay ?
> > On 4.0.1phase2v5 (the XFree I'm still using), it worked without it.
>
> It's an XFree86 bug.
>
>
> > Is XFree4 gonna make its way to potato ? or we'll have to wait for woody to
> > become stable ?
>
> Neither. Just use testing ;)
No XF 4.02 in testing yet though, isn't it ?
Friendly,
Sven Luther
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