On Sat, 2002-05-25 at 22:33, Rogério Brito wrote: > On May 25 2002, Brendan J Simon wrote: > > Michel Dänzer wrote: > > >My binaries are very unintrusive and easy to set up. See > > >http://www.penguinppc.org/~daenzer/XFree86-4.2/ReadMe > > > > Do I need a special kernel ? I'm running a custom 2.4.9 kernel at > > the moment. (...) I'd prefer to run the latest 2.4 kernel if > > possible (2.4.18 I think is the latest). > > I use Michel's binaries with a relatively recent benh kernel > (though not the most recent one) and it works quite well on my > iBook. It is both faster than X 4.1.0.1 and seems to support > turning off the LCD's backlight, which apparently X 4.1.0.1 > doesn't.
Yep, I changed the drivers to use the framebuffer device for DPMS with Option "UseFBDev", see ati-dpms.diff. > The only problem that I have with Michel's X binaries is that > my iBook seems to crash when going out of sleep (after the > screen is redrawn -- only moving the mouse/trackpad works, the > keyboard and mouse clicks are completely ignored) while this > seems to work fine with Debian's X. Is that with DRI enabled? Do you have APM emulation enabled in the kernel, /dev/apm_bios exists and there are lines (II) Open APM successful in the server log? -- Earthling Michel Dänzer (MrCooper)/ Debian GNU/Linux (powerpc) developer XFree86 and DRI project member / CS student, Free Software enthusiast -- Earthling Michel Dänzer (MrCooper)/ Debian GNU/Linux (powerpc) developer XFree86 and DRI project member / CS student, Free Software enthusiast -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
