Setting up X (another case)
Hi, Fisrt, is it right, that anXious is a configuration program for powerpc that replace XF86Setup ? With anXious and xviddetect my video card is detected as a svga device. This is also reflected in XF86Config file that is produce with anXious. But xinit and startx doesn't work. Modication of XF86Config by changing svga for fbdev as the device and adding > Subsection "Display" > Depth 16 > Modes "default" > EndSubsection at the end of the last section gives the following error open-framebuffer : "failed to open file /dev/fb0 (no such device )" Any suggestions? Thanks in advance Laurent
Re: making a cd bootable for a mac
Hello Matthew, mkhybrid is a tool that can make cross platform bootable CD. I know that it can be compile on Linux and on Cygwin (a windows NT port of bash and others GNU tools). Recently, I used mkhybrid on Cygwin to make a Prep-powerpc bootable cdrom image. Then a used Adaptadec Easy Creator to burn it. Hope that, this can be usefull for you. Laurent At 11:51 AM 9/7/00 -0400, you wrote: Hi, I'm a long time Debian/intel user who decided to switch to the powerpc platform. Anyhow, I have a new Sage imac DV+ I'm just dying to get debian installed to. However, being relatively new to the mac, constructing mac bootable cd's from the debian .iso is a bit of mystery to me. Do I have to burn it on a mac to make it bootable? Are there any other considerations I should know about when burning the cd? Any pointers would be greatly appreciated. Like I said, I'm a bit anxious to get debian up and running. I'm not on the list so please cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thanks, matt kurpiewski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Bug with anXious ?
Hi, I installed Debian GNU/Linux (potato) on a Prep PowerPC (Motorolla 604) In text mode everythings is fine. I tried configuring X windows by using anXious. Its configuration processed was smooth as the video card is detected correctly as a svga. While calling startx, the Xserver complains that i should put "fbdev" as the device in the "Screen" section of XF86Setup. I then replace device "svga" for device "fbdev" in that section. Now, the Xserver still does not start. The messages is Fatal error open_framebuffer : failed to open /dev/fb0 (nos such device) Does anybody have some idea ? Laurent
setting X for a Cyrus logic graphic card ?
Hi everybody, I cannot set X11 on my Powerstack Prep PPC running potato (2.2r0 kernel 2.217). Do I have to give up ? Here the hardware : Motherboard : Motoral PPC 604 (blackhawk) Graphic Card : Cirrus Logic GD 5434-8 [Alpine] Monitor : Sony's Multiscan 17se II (trinitron) Here a small summary of the attempts : - xviddetect gives : "The XFree86 server for Cirrus Logic GD 5434-8 [Alpine] is svga" - Configuration with anXious puts a "svga" device in the screen section of XF86config - while executing startx, it complains that there is no "fbdev" device in the screen section of XF86Config. - changing svga for fbdev doesn't help. start x will give " open_framebuffer : failed to open /dev/fb0 (no such device)" - in fact " cat /dev/fb0" gives also " so such device". - building a home made kernel with selecting "framebuffer support" make no change to the above situation. On the other hand I found that debian.org has an "xserver-svga" package for Intel but I haven't found any for ppc. Am i wrong somewhere ? I feel that, in the case of PPC, there is no support of X11 for Cirrus Logic graphic card from any of svga or fbdev Laurent I did not find
