Kevin Puetz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: > > First, I can find no X configuration tools. Secondly, I can=t find any > > existing XF86Config files, for manual configuration in lack of X conf. > > tool.s > [...] > Q for someone - why don't we have Xconfigurator (which might be > redhat-centric?) or something similar? It really helps... Maybe > I'll alien it out of LinuxPPC and put the deb up - if there is any > interest.
Xautoconfig is better -- there's no guessing needed, as long as you are using the frame-buffer *and* you already have the right resolution & depth set up (using fbdev or the kernel arguments). it simply reads the frame buffer device and the keyboard & mouse config files, and writes an appropriate XF86Config. just now, i have gotten accelerated ATI rage128 support working on my mac g3. i have been closely following robert shaw's linuppc pages at <http://www.linuxppc.org/blueg3/>; he has recently posted both kernel patches and pre-built binaries, as well as two accelerated X servers. granted, robert has tailored his documentation for linuxppc, so there's some playing & guessing in order to make it work on debian. this is a bit of a brain dump, but here goes... parts list (mostly available from http://www.linuxppc.org/blueg3/g3_downloads.shtml): kernel, etc. ftp://ftp.linuxppc.org/install/BlueG3/kernels/v2.2.10/vmlinux-2.2.10-rev2.gz ftp://ftp.linuxppc.org/install/BlueG3/kernels/v2.2.10/System.map-2.2.10.gz ftp://ftp.linuxppc.org/install/BlueG3/kernels/v2.2.10/modules-2.2.10.tar.gz these go in the normal places. i use BootX, so the kernel is on the mac partition; the System.map is in /boot; and i untar'ed the modules in /lib/modules (seems to be only ppp modules). keyboard/mouse configurations http://www.linuxppc.org/blueg3/files/keyboard-2.2.10 http://www.linuxppc.org/blueg3/files/mouse-2.2.10 these should go in /etc/sysconfig (Xautoconfig uses these to determine how to write an XF86Config file). xkb patches ftp://ftp.linuxppc.org/install/BlueG3/R5/xkb-macintosh.path.gz (this may not have been strictly necessary; i can't remember.) X server ftp://ftp.linuxppc.org/install/BlueG3/Q3/XF68_FBDev-r128.gz gunzip and install in /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/. then change /etc/X11/Xserver to point to the above server rather than the old XF68_FBDev. Xautoconfig http://devel.linuxppc.org/~trini/Xautoconfig-0.3.tar.gz simply run this as root, and it will write a new /etc/X11/XF86Config that is hopefully correct. i needed to patch this to refer to explicit FontPath's rather than a font server. patch is: ---CUT HERE--- diff -u Xautoconfig-0.2/Xautoconfig.c Xautoconfig-0.2.hacked/Xautoconfig.c --- Xautoconfig-0.2/Xautoconfig.c Wed Aug 4 14:44:52 1999 +++ Xautoconfig-0.2.hacked/Xautoconfig.c Wed Dec 31 16:22:46 1969 @@ -176,7 +176,13 @@ "# By default, LinuxPPC R5 and Hat 6.0 and later now use a font server\n" "# independent of the X server to render fonts.\n" "\n" -" FontPath \"unix/:-1\"\n" +" FontPath \"/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc/\"\n" +"FontPath \"/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/:unscaled\"\n" +"FontPath \"/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/:unscaled\"\n" +"FontPath \"/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Type1/\"\n" +"FontPath \"/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Speedo/\"\n" +"FontPath \"/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/\"\n" +"FontPath \"/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/\"\n" "\n" "EndSection\n" "\n" ---CUT HERE--- after all the steps above, i got 640x480 to work. i was able to get 1024x768 by mucking with fbdev (i had to move the sample fb.modes in /usr/share/doc/fbdev/examples into /etc/fb.modes). seems like only 8 bit depth works for now. feel free to email if any of this is confusing. john
