James Duncan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Viktor Rosenfeld wrote:
>> Hi,
>> I tried udev (packaged from Debian) yesterday and was surprised how
>> well
>> it worked.
>> Until I rebooted, that is. Turns out that my X Server won't start
>> when
>> using udev. I get a weird plasma effect, where the (console) content is
>> still visible, but with patches of white that get brighter and brighter
>> and start to turn colors, too. Reminded of the problems when installing
>> X I tried both using the framebuffer and without, but no luck.
>>
> >
>
> I can confirm that this worked for me, but produced the well know
> ibook problem of scrolling lines caused by lack of sync. I have had
> to hardcode the sync values into the xserver whereapon i now
> works. looking in the udev /dev, I can see that the framebuffer does
> not even appear. I am informed by upstream that the fb is not
> currently meant to be detected due to lack of sysfs but that this is
> one of the targetted areas for the next couple of releases.
Missing nodes (because of lack of sysfs support in related drivers)
can be created by means of /etc/udev/links.conf
X can use the fbdev only if /dev/fb0 is in /dev
so I had
D fb
M fb/0 c 29 0
L fb0 fb/0
and the horizontal flashy lines disappeared :)
Note that you need this line to get pmud (or pbbuttonsd) to start
M adb c 56 0
>
> So it looks like this m ay currently be a no-go on the iBook unless
> you want to get into fixing it.
It works well on mine
>
> I am also noticing an issue with udev where the console will not
> initalise but merely stays as a blank screen. Another thing which I
> think is related to this is that Synaptic will not start as "new
> process cannot be forked".
>
> Bleh. Should this package not still be in experimental?
>
> James
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