On Mon, 2002-09-30 at 20:32, Jim McLoughlin wrote: > > Just got Debian woody up and running dual boot on my tiBook (DVI 667 > rev C, 1280x854, mobility radeon 7500). I have read through the > archives but still can't figure out exactly what I need to do to: > > - get better power/thermal mgmt going - it runs extremely hot with the > default kernel, hopefull this will help cool things off. > - setup X properly so I can use windowmaker > > I'm not clear on which of Branden or Michael's XFree86 packages I > should use (both?), whether they require that I replace my kernel > first, whether I need to have sid installed to upgrade these thing > properly, etc. > > I tried building benh's latest kernel, but am not familiar with many of > the options, and am not clear on which gcc version I should be using > (2.95.x?, can I use 3.2 instead?). And the package available via > apt-cache search seems old (2.4.18 circa 3/2002). I have scene some > kernel config files floating around, but many are for older revision > tiBooks, and may not have the same settings. > > 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.
Here you go: 1) Build a current benh kernel. 2) Install xserver-xfree86-dri-trunk from deb http://penguinppc.org/~daenzer/debian/dri-trunk/ ./ It runs on woody and doesn't need a modeline, it detects the panel parameters automatically. -- Earthling Michel Dänzer (MrCooper)/ Debian GNU/Linux (powerpc) developer XFree86 and DRI project member / CS student, Free Software enthusiast
