On Tue, Jun 01, 2004 at 09:04:48PM +0200, Cedric Pradalier wrote: > According to Steve Langasek, on Tue, 1 Jun 2004 13:53:10 -0500, > >Hi all, > > > >I have an iBook running the latest sarge d-i snapshot, which I can't > >seem to get X running on. I've found various hits on google that > >indicate people have gotten this running, with various configs, but > >none of them seem to work on this particular kernel/X server > >combination. (Kernel is 2.4.25-powerpc-pmac, X server is 4.3.0). > >Anyone have any insights/suggestions? Please cc: me on any replies, as > >I don't follow this list. > > > >Thanks, > > For hints and config file, look at > http://mockenhaupt.homelinux.org/ibookWiki/FrontPage > > You should use xserver-xfree86-dri-trunk_2004.02.28-2_powerpc.deb > from > http://people.debian.org/~daenzer/dri-trunk-sid/dists/dri-trunk-sid/main/binary-powerpc/
A, yes, i had to use that one also. But then, there was a radeon driver sync in the latest 4.3.0 debian packages, so ... > And I would suggest to use kernel-image 2.6.5-powerpc, which has > everything(including 3D acceleration) working perfectly. I doubt 2.6.5-powerpc is still available. > Depending on your usage of USB you may not use > 2.6.6-1 kernel-image which is a bit unstable regarding USB Ah, so you see that also on pmac ? I have also problems with that, altough on pegasos hardware. 2.6.4 seemed to exhibit the same problem though, maybe to a lesser degree though, so i don't know if this was not the case in 2.6.5. Friendly, Sven Luther
