Brendan Simon wrote: > > I can't get X-4.0.2 working with the 2.2.18 kernel or 2.4.x kernel on > my Apple Powerbook. X tries to start up and then dies. This repeated > about 10 times and then stops. About a minute later the process repeats > itself. The exact same X server works fine with the 2.2.17 kernel. Any > ideas ???? > > I definately know that one of the problems with the 2.4.x kernel is the > devfs filesystem. It wouldn't even boot properly because fsck couldn't > run. It seems that /dev/hdaX isn't in the filesystem. I managed to get > the kernel to not mount devfs at boot time by passing the devfs=nomount > parameter to the kernel. This solved the boot problem but not the X > problem. It seems X is having problems detecting the mouse. I don't > know why because it seems to work fine with the 2.2.17 kernel.
See the various threads on this list about the new input layer. > I've just read something about devfsd needing to be run early in the > boot cycle to create the /dev/hdaX links. This will solve the boot > problem but still the X problem remains. If anyone can shed some light > on the situation, or better still give me a solution, then I would be > very appreciative. Don't you have the Debian devfsd package installed? It did all that for me automatically. -- Earthling Michel Dänzer (MrCooper) \ Debian GNU/Linux (powerpc) developer CS student, Free Software enthusiast \ XFree86 and DRI project member
