"Michel Dänzer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Jason E. Stewart wrote: > > > "Michel Dänzer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > > >> I am reluctant to do that. I'd prefer to get a solution into XFree86. > >> Someone please try the attached patch against current CVS. It turns > >> Option > > >> "UseBIOSDisplay" (which probably doesn't work for us - no BIOS here...) > >> into > >> Option "Display" which accepts modes "CRT", "FP", "Mirror" and "BIOS". > > Hey Michel, > > > I've had a heck of a time with this one. Using the new r128_drv.o > > that > > > I compile from the CVS HEAD gives me an error that the module is using > > a newer ABI than the server... > > So I compiled and installed the whole X package from CVS (into > > > /usr/X11R6-local using ProjectRoot). > > Might have been enough to use the new XFree86 binary as well.
Bummer... seems like XFree86 has ProjectRoot hard-coded into the binary. I'll have to recompile with ProjectRoot not redefined. > > I tried to use my old X configuration and it doesn't work at all, > > server just hangs. I figured some configuration files in /etc/X11 must > > have gotten stomped by the CVS install of X, so I ran dpkg --remove of > > xserver-common and xserver-xfree86, followed by an apt-get install, > > but it's still hosed. The server didn't hang, it actually crashed the machine, forcing me to ctrl-command-power :-( It's now fixed. dpkg --purge all of X, plus reinstall and it now works again. I'll let you know what happens when I'm done recompiling the new XFree86 binary. Thanks, jas.
