On Mon, Aug 21, 2000 at 09:44:06AM +0200, Jonathan Belson wrote: > >On Sun, Aug 20, 2000 at 08:28:10PM +0000, Jonathan Belson wrote: > > >> My machine has a cirrus logic 5436, so I need the > >> svga server. > > > >No, on powerpc you need the fbdev server (xserver-fbdev). You might > > I did try using that, but I got an error saysing the server couldn't open the > device - I presume I have to recompile the kernel with fb support (2.2.17).
No, it's somewhere else in your configuration. You have fbdev support; PowerPC has no other non-serial console method any more. Check if it's trying to open the wrong device or something. Dan /--------------------------------\ /--------------------------------\ | Daniel Jacobowitz |__| SCS Class of 2002 | | Debian GNU/Linux Developer __ Carnegie Mellon University | | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | \--------------------------------/ \--------------------------------/
