From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Michael Schmitz Subject: Re: atafb and X/fbdev Date: Sun, 08 Jul 2012 15:47:40 +1200 Message-ID: <4FF902DC.4010208@gmail.com> References: <4FF7AFD7.8000005@biophys.uni-duesseldorf.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: QUOTED-PRINTABLE Return-path: Received: from mail-pb0-f46.google.com ([209.85.160.46]:64489 "EHLO mail-pb0-f46.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752063Ab2GHDrs (ORCPT ); Sat, 7 Jul 2012 23:47:48 -0400 Received: by pbbrp8 with SMTP id rp8so17153427pbb.19 for ; Sat, 07 Jul 2012 20:47:47 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: Sender: linux-m68k-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-m68k@vger.kernel.org To: Thorsten Glaser Cc: Debian m68k , linux-m68k@vger.kernel.org Thorsten, >> Have you tried the VGA modes (vga256 for instance)? That might boil = down to >> interleaved planes in the end though. >> =20 > > Yes, vgs256 was interleaved too. From my limited understanding of > atafb.c all modes are interleaved or monochrome. > =20 That's the way the Falcon VIDEL is wired up then. >> You will have to go back to one of the earlier Debian releases (slin= k or >> potato) for Atari support in the X server. potato should still have = the >> required code. >> =20 > > Hrm, okay. I couldn=E2=80=99t find much in the =E2=80=99net except a = reference to > xfree68 but was unable to find that, either. Too bad, all the history= =E2=80=A6 > =20 Seaching for "xfree86 fbdev server m68k" does refresh my memory a bit - the server package was called xserver-fbdev and you will find a sample=20 config file at http://people.debian.org/~cts/debian-m68k/slink/XF86Config -=20 Christian is away overseas ATM or else he might be able to give a few hints here. The entry Driver "FBDev" in the 'Screen' section is what directs xfree86 to use the generic fram= e=20 buffer server. > you don=E2=80=99t happen to know the _package_ name of the server, an= d the > needed config? ;-) > > =20 See above - it's xserver-fbdev, IIRC version 3.3.6 was the last to work= =2E=20 Also take a look at=20 http://people.debian.org/~cts/debian-m68k/slink/debian-m68k-faq for a few likely X troubleshooting hints. Blast from the past really - I never had much fun running X on my=20 (unaccelerated) Falcon mainly because the system became really unstable at high resolution or=20 color depth. Waiting for 10 minutes while the X server starts up was a bit annoying,= =20 too. Are you trying to get the old X server running in ARAnyM, or 'just' por= t=20 the interleaved bit planes code to current Xorg? If it's questions on the framebuffer memor= y=20 layout and the VIDEL that you need answered, Andreas and Petr might be better suited here.=20 Regarding building xfree from source - that's memories well suppressed which do not bear=20 recalling. Cheers, Michael