Hi list, I just wanted to share some happy feelings/hints:
I have successfully compiled and install the current 2.6.1-rc1-ben1 on my 12" ibook g3 800mhz cdrom (revision 2.3 says my /proc/cpuinfo) according to the very nice howto recently posted on this list and it works without any problems (at least that i would have been aware of, i haven't used the softmodem or the firewire port). There are however two things which previously didn't work with 2.4.22-ben2 (at least for me, maybe i just didn't manage ;-) - loopback encrypted filesystem support (which now works out of box, without any additional patches, at least with above kernel and util-linux 2.12-6) and the appropriate kernel-config. - I started playing around with connecting an external monitor and found the following interesting behaviour (I am using XFree86 4.2.99 from dri-trunk): if I start the X server with option "UseFBDev" "True" i get a nice picture on my ibook, but white screen on the CRT. if i additionally use option "MonitorLayout" "LVDS,CRT" i get a nice display on my ibook, but a messed up display on my CRT (the resolution is too low - i can scroll around with my pointer though as if i had hit ctrl-alt-kpd+ / pixels that should be directly below other pixels seem to be further to the right by a fixed amount resulting in a regular but completely distorted pattern). Now if I comment out UseFBDev, i get a nice display on the CRT and an almost acceptable one on my ibook (lots of flicker on the right), if i exit the Xserver, i cannot go back to vt1-6 anymore and the screen just stays light-grey. everything else still works though, so using sshd I can get back in. no real solution, though. Now if I start the Xserver _with_ UseFBDev again, the interesting thing happens: everything is fine on my ibook-display as well as on the CRT! the CRT even displays my console on vt1-6. So using the following little hack: X -xf86config XF86Config-4.nofb; startx (where my normal XF86Config-4 has only UseFBDev set, whereas XF86Config-4.nofb has only MonitorLayout and i just kill the 1st Xserver with ctrl-alt-backspace when it has come up...) I can use an external monitor with UseFBDev. you can find my kernelconfig and XF86Configs at: http://lefant.net/ibook/ if anyone need anything else, feel free to ask. hope this will be useful to someone, fabian -- fabian linzberger - email: <e_AT_lefant.net> - gnugp-id: 6C9BA1DF jabber (preferred): [EMAIL PROTECTED] - icq: 102927865 do yourself a favour: use and support Debian GNU/Linux! http://www.debian.org
