On Thu, 31 Aug 2000, John R. MacPhail wrote:
> I'm on Potato, with XFree86-Xpmac-3.3.6-8a, and a two-line ~/.xserverrc,
>
> #!/bin/sh
> exec Xpmac -noaccel
>
> This gives me an X server that appears to work fine, except that my
> mouse is ignored completely. Suggestions?
>
> Here is further data. Earlier experience on MkLinux and LinuxPPC was
> that the -noaccel option was necessary; otherwise, the machine froze.
> This somehow comes from using a Mach64 card (or whatever it is inside
> the beige G3) together with my ancient Apple model M1212 monitor.
> This monitor runs 640x480 at 67 Hz, which evidently is slightly
> unusual, and does seem to increase my opportunities for messing things
> up. It does not look as though either Potato's FBDev or the current
> X11R4 prerelease supports unaccelerated Mach64. That is why I am
> falling back on Xpmac.
Acceleration can be disabled in XF68_FBDev as well. Just add `option
"noaccel"' to your XF86Config.
Gr{oetje,eeting}s,
Geert
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