Derek Homeier wrote: > > On Tue, 10 Oct 2000, Andrew B. Arthur wrote: > > > Uwe Muench wrote: > > > > > > I have a problem with installing X on a Powermac 4400/220 with a > > > 1-button mouse connected to /dev/adbmouse. I installed the > > > xserver-fbdev package. > > > > Just wanted to point out that fbdev (aka XF68_FBDev in XF3.3 or the > > fbdev driver in XF4) in my experience in both XFree86 3.3 and XFree86 > > 4.0 is broken on the Mach64 VT (assuming your using the atyfb.c from > > Linux 2.4 -- as the one in Linux 2.2 is unusable (although the one in > > 2.1.x is :\ )). It leaves nasty black pixels on the screen, and doesn't > > refresh properly. > > > Slightly different experience here. The latest XF68_FBDev in XFree 3.3 > was usable with the 2.2 kernels (mostly from BenH's tree), though the > refreshing problems and vertical lines becoming slanted were certainly > annoying.
The wrong pixels are probably acceleration problems which could be circumvented with the "NoAccel" option, at the cost of speed of course. > > That said, annex's "ati" driver in XFree86 4.0.1, crashes my box hard > > after moving a window or closing a window with the Mach64 VT. > > > Which one is that? I've installed Ani Joshi's latest driver from Ani Joshi == annex (on IRC) > penguinppc.org, and that only crashes the machine when I've booted with > BootX (right on starting up X, in fact). A known problem which can be overcome with a 2.4 kernel or with a patch by Michael Schmitz for 2.2. > When booted with yaboot, XF4 has a habit of spontaneously dying after > 1 sec--10 min, but never harms the OS. Refresh and display is excellent > however, as long as it's up ;^/. That would be an X4 bug then, please report it with as much information as possible to Ani or whoever he directs you to. > > It should be noted, Xpmac runs pretty good with the Mach64 VT and atyfb > > frame-buffer driver, except for a slight bend on the top of the screen > > (and the fact the screen is a bit too much to the right). But all of > > those problems, can be adjusted with the montior controls. > > > Yep, and it's the only thing I can use now I have XF4 installed. No, you should still be able to have the 3.3.6 xserver-fbdev package installed. Michel -- Earthling Michel Dänzer (MrCooper) \ CS student and free software enthusiast Debian GNU/Linux (powerpc,i386) user \ member of XFree86 and The DRI Project
