Le lun 30/09/2002 à 15:58, Jim McLoughlin a écrit : > Hi Christophe > > Thanks for the reply. > > >> - get better power/thermal mgmt going - it runs extremely hot with the > >> default kernel, hopefull this will help cool things off. > > > > With the default woody kernel the laptop was very hot quickly (scary) > > but everything seems fine since I have installed the last benh kernel. > > For that I have used the default config (the one coming with the benh > > source. I have since changed the ide-cd option from yes to module to be > > able to use ide-scsi (I have not tried yet). I have also removed > > radeon.o and r128.o to use the xfree stuff from michael (more below). > > I'm a bit ignorant at kernel compiles, so my specific questions would > be: > > - where is the default config file and how do I invoke it? (a simple > ./configure in the src root?)
The file is .config at the root of the source but don't edit it directly. > - how do I remove radeon.o and r128.o? Use 'make menuconfig' (you will need ncurses dev package) or 'make xconfig'. I don't remember where they are (I believe in the "character devices' menu (I will try to be specific enough on my page). > - which gcc are you using? The debian default: 2.95... IIRC > But I'll wait on your config description... Yes so you will use make-kpkg > >> - setup X properly so I can use windowmaker > > > > I can send you my XConfig but can't help you with Windowmaker because I > > am an happy gnome2 user (from debian/experimental). > > No problem with windowmaker, I mainly need a good Xconfig. Once that > is set, windowmaker is easy to start from .xinitrc > > > I have first installed X4.2 from branden but was not able do get > > something working then I have installed the deb from michael and got a > > good X config. I have since compiled from source the dri-trunk stuff > > from michael (after removing readeon.o and r128.o from the kernel), > > added the "pre-install radeon agpgart" line (check the friday archive) > > and I have now accelerated 3D. > > Sounds awesome. I tried installing the .deb with the default kernel > and followed some of the example modelines, but was unable to get x > started. I would get an error regarding no screens with valid modes > found. I started there too. > >> If anyone who has configured the same model tiBook could give me a > >> more > >> definitive list of steps to take (kernel first, which xfree to use, > >> which modeline to use (can I copy the xfconfig examples directly?), > >> etc) in getting things online, I would be grateful. I know this comes > >> up often, I just couldn't figure out the proper path to take here. > > > > Hope this help, more are to come with the page I hope to publish > > tonight. > > thanks in advance. If it's specific enough, I'll probably wipe my > current install (it does not have much on it) and follow those > instructions from scratch to avoid any conflicts with botched kernel > compiles, packages, etc. Christophe > cheers > > Jim M >
