On Sun, Dec 29, 2002 at 03:01:48PM -0500, Shawn Powers wrote: > > debian-powerpc@lists.debian.org said: > > Assuming your iBook has a Radeon chip, you don't need to build a new > > kernel but the DRM from drm-trunk-module-src. > > I'm really feeling like an idiot lately... I guess that perhaps my first > venture into the world of XFree86 would probably have been easier if it > wasn't on an ibook -- but we use what we have. :) > > I guess I'm looking for someone to hold my hand helping me to get OpenGL > to work. I tried to recompile a kernel, and on boot I end up with a > "mon>" prompt, with a bunch of options, the only useful one being x for > exit. Immediately after, I get kernel panic. Ugh. > > That said, I have a perfectly working pre-compiled 2.4.20-rc4-benh kernel > from linuxppc. I have everything but 3D acceleration working. I have > tried a lot of things, but seem to be missing a key somewhere... I > managed to download (via apt-get by adding a new line in sources) > drm-trunk, and used make-kpkg modules to get a .deb file (which I dpkg -i > installed)... But now dont' knwo what to do with it... > > I seem to have everything I need it the XF86Config-4 file... but still > when running glxinfo don't have direct rendering. > > Oh, and my ibook is the original ibook2 with a Rage 128, not a raedon.
IIRC you don't really need drm-trunk for that one. Frank > Anybody want to help this poor soul? I'd happily buy you a cup of coffee > the next time you're in Northern Michigan (US).. :) > > -Shawn > > > -- > Shawn Powers > Technology Director > Inland Lakes Schools > PHN: 231-238-6868 ext 9174 > FAX: 509-356-7024 > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
