Steven Hanley wrote: > so I was finally able to get the above mentioned source package to compile > into a set of debs for my potato based pismo running 2.4.4 (benh) > > so I isntalled them and tried to startx > > first off it was complaining the r128 driver didnt have some functions > available that the object referenced, I worked out that it was drm functions > so added the Load glx and Load dri to the modules section.
Note that unresolved symbols are harmless unless dereferencing one is attempted. > I also then noticed no kernel modules were created by the deb build, so I > looked in the source tree found the location of the drm modules and did a > make -f Makefile.linux r128.o and compiled the kernel module, which worked > and I can insmod the module and that also works and I get a /proc/dri/0 with > stuff in it. > > However now when I startx it still wont start but it doesnt tell me anything > useful. It then gets a sig11 and dies. This is the vgaHW related problem we have been discussing this week. You need to apply one of mine or Ani Joshi's hacks when building. -- Earthling Michel Dänzer (MrCooper) \ Debian GNU/Linux (powerpc) developer CS student, Free Software enthusiast \ XFree86 and DRI project member
