Le 2002.07.14 17:08, Yvon Thoraval a �crit :
> firstevall, i have to say, i've chosen Xpmac as X server. Don't
> exactly
> what does that means. I suppose this another layer into XFree, a layer
> more or less between XFree and the video cards (reason for frame
> buffer).
>
As I understand it, Xpmac isn't another layer, Xpmac is another
implementation of X11R6, the first one used on PPC linuxes, before
XFree. When I used it on LinuxPPC, XFree didn't need to be installed at
all, and Xpmac didn't care of an existing XF86config file. I'd just
wrote a shell script called "X" calling Xpmac with the correct options
(keyboard, video mode and depth acceleration...) instead of Xwrapper
link.
> i've choosen that because i saw mdk-cooker ppc install was using that,
> and also, it is the only, for the time being, to get X running. All
> the
> attempt i've made with XFree resulted into a black screen... (same
> does
> apply to YDL 2.2 but not to YDL 2.1 the differences being kernel 2.4
> vs
> 2.2 a XFree version 4.x vs 3.3 respectivelky).
>
> because Xpmac is slower than XFree i'd like to switch to XFree without
> reinstalling the whole mdk-cooker.
I don't think Xpmac is really slower, if you use it with the "-mach64"
option if you have an ati mach64 video card. But you won't have
antialiased fonts and all the stuff introduced in XFree-4.
> * in that situation, does i have to install something which has not
> been
> installed because of the choosen Xpmac ?
>
>
That should be the case if you didn't run XFdrake and asked for XFree4
in it. In this case, XFdrake installs the needed packages for you.
What I recommand to you : run Xfdrake, choose XFree, your graphic card
model, and reasonnable screen size. If the test fails, quit XFdrake and
modify by hand the /etc/X11/XF86config-4 file to choose the "fbdev"
driver instead of the one corresponding to your card. fbdev is the
frame buffer driver and it works well for me (I'm running an ATIMach64
which should be supported but...). It should look like something like
this :
**********************************************************************
# Graphics device section
# **********************************************************************
Section "Device"
Identifier "ATI Mach64 VT (264VT)"
VendorName "Unknown"
BoardName "Unknown"
Driver "fbdev"
For the keyboard, the following is working if your kernel sends linux
keycodes and not mac keycodes :
# Keyboard section
# **********************************************************************
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Keyboard1"
Driver "Keyboard"
Option "AutoRepeat" "250 30"
Option "XkbRules" "xfree86"
Option "XkbModel" "macintosh"
Option "XkbLayout" "fr(extended)"
EndSection
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