On Wed, May 10, 2000 at 09:51:56AM +1000, Brendan J Simon wrote: > Michel D�nzer wrote: > > > > How recent a kernel do I need ? One from CVS ? > > > I am using the one from Ben H's site (vmlinux-2.2.15pre14). > > > > For a mach64 chip, you might need a 2.3.x kernel - don't know exactly. > > > > But as you have a Rage128, it doesn't matter, you can use the fbdev driver > > (until r128 recognizes your chip) with the correct bus ID. > > > > > I'll try the server on our G4 and see how that goes. > > > > Should be pleasant. :)" > > I hope so. The X server does get further on the G4. It recognises the video > chip fine but it gets stuck with the pointer and keyboard devices.
fine to hear that ... > I went to the XFree86 Australian mirror and read the online documentation for > 4.0. It says for USB mouse to use either "usb" or "auto" protocols. The > server > does not recognise "usb" and dies. It does recognise "auto" but the mouse > does > not work. I get an awful bright green background with the normal X cursor > stuck > in the middle of the screen. Well, ... i guess that XFree 4.0 don't like the usb -> adb translation stuff in the kernel, but then i am no expert ... > Do I need a kernel parameter option ? ie. video=.... ? Don't think so ... > The keyboard section in XF86Config has "XkbModel" set to "amiga" and the > "XkbLayout" set to "de_CH". There is no documentation (that I could find on > the > Australian mirror) on these options. I set the XkbModel to "mac" and the > XkbLayout to "en_AU". Are these options OK (I doubt it as I guessed these) ? > Where can I find more info on these options ? I don't know, i guess the en_AU should be ok (you could try plain en i think) but not sure about the mac part, maybe it is macintosh or pmac or something. i use "pc" and "fr" on the i386 box i am playing XF4.0 with. > BTW: Does the option "UseFBDev" in the Rage128 Device section make the server > use > the fbdev driver ? Yes, ... Friendly, Sven LUTHER
