On Wed Aug 15, 2001 at 07:35:08AM -0400, Stew Benedict wrote:
> > Ok, I got it to boot but now I get this wierd thing. CTRL-ALT-F1
> > doesn't get me to console 1... I have to use CTRL-APPLE-1 and it
> > works. However, using CTRL-APPLE-7 doesn't get me back to kdm
> > (booting into X mode here). I had to ssh into the box, find the
> > process for the X server and give it a HUP in order to free up the
> > console/keyboard. Is this normal? This is using the Mac X server,
> > BTW, and not XFree86 (it was the alternative to XFree86 that I
> > selected).
> >
>
> Verified here. Xpmac is not the greatest X server. It's mostly included
> as a fallback for those machines that XFree4 setup is problematic on.
Ahhh... ok, I see.
> Control-Command(Apple)-Fx is normal on PPC - on my Powerbook, I have to
> hold down "Fn" too.
>
> Looking at this again, I think it's due to an interaction with Aurora, as
> they are both using the framebuffer, because during the install I'm able
> to switch to the VT's and back.
This might be possible. I'll disable or completely remove
Aurora... I'm not a big fan of it anyways.
> You could try disabling Aurora, or upgrading to XFree4, which will be
> quite a bit faster and more capable than Xpmac.
Is there a config file for XFree4 for an imac G4? When I tried to
install XFree86 via DrakX, it gave me errors which is I resulted to
the other one.
> On a positive note, I just helped a user get an iBook2 running X
> yesterday, and with his feedback, that has been rolled into the installer
> too, as well as the modelines you folks have given me for the TiBook,
> and Pismo.
Cool!
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