> > > > Should I do this for all the items in the struct? Or just the one line?
> > >
> > > No, for all three lines: I specifically mentioned fillrect, copyarea and
> > > imageblit.
>
> Shouldn't you fill in references to cfb_*() routines instead of NULL pointers?
Possible. I'm not sure which one
On Thu, 30 Oct 2003, Russell Hires wrote:
> I did all three lines...same result...I can't see the console text...
>
> Russell
>
> On Monday 27 October 2003 04:08 am, Michael Schmitz wrote:
> > > > read .fb_fillrect = NULL;, save, recompile.
> > >
> > > Should I do this for all the items in the st
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I did all three lines...same result...I can't see the console text...
Russell
On Monday 27 October 2003 04:08 am, Michael Schmitz wrote:
> > > read .fb_fillrect = NULL;, save, recompile.
> >
> > Should I do this for all the items in the struct? Or ju
> > read .fb_fillrect = NULL;, save, recompile.
>
> Should I do this for all the items in the struct? Or just the one line?
No, for all three lines: I specifically mentioned fillrect, copyarea and
imageblit.
Michael
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> .fb_fillrect= NULL, /*tdfxfb_fillrect,*/ <-- this is C...not
shell scripting...oops. :-)
Russell
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> Fire up a text editor. Load drivers/video/tdfxb.c. Locate first occurrence
> of the string "tdfxfb_ops" (should be the struct declaration). Find the
> lines below containing stuff like .fb_fillrect = something;, change to
> read .fb_fillrect = NULL;,
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> BootX is the only way to boot these G3's, unless your name is Michel
> Lanners. (If I'm not mistaken.) Anyway, I don't know if it runs under
> emulation mode; probably not, because it never was a 68k app. It _does_
> boot the computer, into Linux ...
On Fri, 2003-10-24 at 12:51, Adam Done wrote:
> On Wed, 2003-10-22 at 06:20, Michael Schmitz wrote:
> > > > Straight kernel.org or -benh ??
> > >
> > > Straight kernel.org kernel :-)
> >
> > Big mistake. Use Ben's tree.
>
> Where is Ben's tree found.. I tried using rsync and reading over 5500
>
Hi,
Adam Done writes:
> Where is Ben's tree found.. I tried using rsync and reading over
> 5500 emails with 2.6.0 kernel and could not find any location.
The original tree is at bk://ppc.bkbits.net/linuxppc-2.5-benh. And
there are rsync mirrors at source.mvista.com::linuxppc-2.5-benh and
rsync.
On Wed, 2003-10-22 at 06:20, Michael Schmitz wrote:
> > Straight kernel.org or -benh ??
>
> Straight kernel.org kernel :-)
Big mistake. Use Ben's tree.
Where is Ben's tree found.. I tried using rsync and reading over 5500 emails with 2.6.0 kernel and could not find any location.
Also.. so
On Thu, Oct 23, 2003 at 12:09:27AM -0400, Russell Hires wrote:
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> > Voodoo 3 and lower is fixed in the next kernel-image i will upload
> > voodoo 4 & 5 seem to be still broken though. I have seen patches
> > circulating on the fbdev mailing list t
On Thu, Oct 23, 2003 at 12:00:35AM -0400, Russell Hires wrote:
>
> On Wednesday 22 October 2003 09:20 am, Michael Schmitz wrote:
>
> > Is there a way to boot Linux kernels from OS X on these G3 desktop
> > machines? That's what keeps me from testing Linux on that sort of box
> > myself...
> >
>
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> Voodoo 3 and lower is fixed in the next kernel-image i will upload
> voodoo 4 & 5 seem to be still broken though. I have seen patches
> circulating on the fbdev mailing list though.
Do you keep a separate tree from generic and benh? If so, where wou
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On Wednesday 22 October 2003 09:20 am, Michael Schmitz wrote:
> > > Straight kernel.org or -benh ??
> >
> > Straight kernel.org kernel :-)
>
> Big mistake. Use Ben's tree.
Well, I'll play w/ both. I'm happy that the straight kernel.org works "right
f
> > I'd not recommend 2.6.0-test(7,8) for anyone unfamiliar with some
> > basic kernel hacking.
>
> I wouldn't call myself familiar with kernel hacking, but I upgraded
> painlessly from 2.4 to 2.6 by simply following the instructions at
> http://www.codemonkey.org.uk/post-halloween-2.5.txt>.
Color
On Wed, Oct 22, 2003 at 03:33:12PM +0200, Michael Schmitz wrote:
> > Voodoo 3 and lower is fixed in the next kernel-image i will upload
> > voodoo 4 & 5 seem to be still broken though. I have seen patches
> > circulating on the fbdev mailing list though.
> >
> > This is 2.4 though, 2.6 has a totall
Hi,
Michael Schmitz writes:
> I'd not recommend 2.6.0-test(7,8) for anyone unfamiliar with some
> basic kernel hacking.
I wouldn't call myself familiar with kernel hacking, but I upgraded
painlessly from 2.4 to 2.6 by simply following the instructions at
http://www.codemonkey.org.uk/post-hallowe
> Voodoo 3 and lower is fixed in the next kernel-image i will upload
> voodoo 4 & 5 seem to be still broken though. I have seen patches
> circulating on the fbdev mailing list though.
>
> This is 2.4 though, 2.6 has a totally redesigned fbdve layer and new
> drivers. I think radeonfb does not work
On Wed, Oct 22, 2003 at 10:34:29PM +1000, Stewart Smith wrote:
> On Wed, 2003-10-22 at 20:55, Michael Schmitz wrote:
> > The tdfx driver would be for Voodoo3. Since you seem to get screen output,
> > the driver should be compiled in and used, it's just broken. To verify
> > this, look into /var/log
> > Straight kernel.org or -benh ??
>
> Straight kernel.org kernel :-)
Big mistake. Use Ben's tree.
> > compare the 2.4 and 2.6 versions of tdfxfb.c. Try to set fb_fillrect,
> > fb_copyarea and fb_imageblit (in tdfxfb_ops) to NULL to use generic,
> > unaccelerated screen writes. Does this improve
> > > I've upgraded to sarge, and I've compiled 2.6.0-test8, and when I
> > > reboot, I've
> >
> > Straight kernel.org or -benh ??
>
> I may be wrong, but it looks as if Ben's tree at
> bk://ppc.bkbits.net/linuxppc-2.5-benh hasn't been updated in more than
> a week and is therefore still at 2.6.0-t
Hi,
Michael Schmitz writes:
> > I've upgraded to sarge, and I've compiled 2.6.0-test8, and when I
> > reboot, I've
>
> Straight kernel.org or -benh ??
I may be wrong, but it looks as if Ben's tree at
bk://ppc.bkbits.net/linuxppc-2.5-benh hasn't been updated in more than
a week and is therefore
On Wed, 2003-10-22 at 20:55, Michael Schmitz wrote:
> The tdfx driver would be for Voodoo3. Since you seem to get screen output,
> the driver should be compiled in and used, it's just broken. To verify
> this, look into /var/log/dmesg (and please compare the tdfx output with a
> 2.4 kernel log to s
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> Straight kernel.org or -benh ??
Straight kernel.org kernel :-)
> this, look into /var/log/dmesg (and please compare the tdfx output with a
> 2.4 kernel log to see if the 2.6 driver misdetects something). Then,
I don't actually use 2.4, I've skipp
> I've upgraded to sarge, and I've compiled 2.6.0-test8, and when I reboot, I've
Straight kernel.org or -benh ??
> got no usable console. X works okay, but the console is useless, being
> totally black, or some rather interesting combination of black and white
> stripes. I've got a Beige G3 266 t
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