From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Message-ID: <3AF29AF6.9AC80F3E@iiic.ethz.ch> Date: Fri, 04 May 2001 14:05:10 +0200 From: Michel =?iso-8859-1?Q?D=E4nzer?= MIME-Version: 1.0 To: "Jason E. Stewart" Cc: debian-powerpc@lists.debian.org, linuxppc-dev@lists.linuxppc.org Subject: Re: Success! (was Re: External Monitor under Pismo) References: <20010404092143.EFE4C2F01B@apollo.valhalla.net> <3ACB537B.99B851B9@netfall.com> <87hf0433qs.fsf@amadeus.openinformatics.com> <3ACB6167.3B2E0242@iiic.ethz.ch> <878zlg31mw.fsf@amadeus.openinformatics.com> <3ACB9611.C95D16A2@iiic.ethz.ch> <87ae5w1ce3.fsf@amadeus.openinformatics.com> <3ACB9EB3.2661FFCE@iiic.ethz.ch> <87u242zz7y.fsf@amadeus.openinformatics.com> <3ACCFFBB.58CC75D2@iiic.ethz.ch> <87itjmf7lf.fsf_-_@amadeus.openinformatics.com> <3AEDEF2D.4B823134@iiic.ethz.ch> <87wv7x984o.fsf@amadeus.openinformatics.com> <3AF1D91F.7030801@iiic.ethz.ch> <87hez1pjm1.fsf@amadeus.openinformatics.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Sender: owner-linuxppc-dev@lists.linuxppc.org List-Id: "Jason E. Stewart" wrote: > > "Michel Dänzer" writes: > > > Jason E. Stewart wrote: > > > > > "Michel Dänzer" writes: > > > > >> I am reluctant to do that. I'd prefer to get a solution into XFree86. > > >> Someone please try the attached patch against current CVS. It turns > > >> Option > > > > >> "UseBIOSDisplay" (which probably doesn't work for us - no BIOS here...) > > >> into Option "Display" which accepts modes "CRT", "FP", "Mirror" and > > >> "BIOS". > > > > > I've had a heck of a time with this one. Using the new r128_drv.o > > > that > > > > > I compile from the CVS HEAD gives me an error that the module is using > > > a newer ABI than the server... > > > So I compiled and installed the whole X package from CVS (into > > > > > /usr/X11R6-local using ProjectRoot). > > > > Might have been enough to use the new XFree86 binary as well. > > Bummer... seems like XFree86 has ProjectRoot hard-coded into the > binary. I'll have to recompile with ProjectRoot not redefined. Why? Note that you needn't install anything to try a new version, check out the -modulepath option of the XFree86 binary. Sorry I forgot to point this out earlier. -- Earthling Michel Dänzer (MrCooper) \ Debian GNU/Linux (powerpc) developer CS student, Free Software enthusiast \ XFree86 and DRI project member ** Sent via the linuxppc-dev mail list. See http://lists.linuxppc.org/