On 19 Jan, this message from thomas echoed through cyberspace: > PowerMac 7200/7300. What X-Server to use ? What chipset for graphics is used > on that board ? > thanks in advance,
Do you mean 7200 or 7300? It's different, actually, although for X it doesn't make a difference. Let me explain: The 7200 has an Apple 'platinum' graphics chip. The 7300 has an Apple 'control' graphics chip. Both don't have native support in X. That is not a problem, however, since they would hardly gain anything from direct support; in fact both chips provide a simple framebuffer without any acceleration (with one small exception, but that's not really an issue). For both you need to use a kernel with built-in platinumfb resp. controlf, i.e. the console driver specific to the chip. Default Debian kernels should be OK. Then, in X, you use the fbdev driver. Cheers Michel ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Michel Lanners | " Read Philosophy. Study Art. 23, Rue Paul Henkes | Ask Questions. Make Mistakes. L-1710 Luxembourg | email [EMAIL PROTECTED] | http://www.cpu.lu/~mlan | Learn Always. "
