On 2002.10.12 Michael Steil wrote:
>Hi!
>
>I patched the boot kernel to support the Xbox, and I can run stage 1 
>already, with keyboard support.
>
>Stage 2 also loads correctly, but the X server doesn't start. I don't 
>remember the correct error, but it was something like "invalid 
>settings".
>
>I strongly suspect that it's the color depth. The installer X server 
>uses 16 bit framebuffer, right? At the moment, the Xbox framebuffer 
>only supports 32 bit. Can anyone please tell me what exactly this 
>installer X server is and with what settings it has been compiled? At 
>the moment, I see no other way than recompiling it with 32 bit video 
>support.
>

An idea: you could get rid of X sever on install step, making
installer less resource hungry. Use fbdev in vesa mode, and
gtk2-linuxfb for building installer (wouldn't you kill for an
antilased installer...).

Err, XDrake is C ?

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