On Mon, 2002-09-30 at 21:58, Jim McLoughlin wrote: > > > 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.
As I said, you don't need a Modeline, in fact not even a Modes line in the display subsection. /usr/share/doc/xserver-xfree86-dri-trunk/examples/XF86Config-4.radeon might work out of the box. If there's still a problem, please put up the server log and/or XF86Config somewhere for us to look at. > >> 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. Hey, this is Debian, in 99% of the cases you don't need to take such desperate measures. :) -- Earthling Michel Dänzer (MrCooper)/ Debian GNU/Linux (powerpc) developer XFree86 and DRI project member / CS student, Free Software enthusiast
