Daniel Jacobowitz wrote: > On Sun, Aug 20, 2000 at 08:28:10PM +0000, Jonathan Belson wrote: > > Hiya > > > > > > I've just managed to install Debian on my Powerstack > > Estrella, but I haven't managed to get X working yet > > due to the lack of xservers. > > > > What is the procedure? Do powerpc users have to use > > the ggi or framebuffer server? Do we have to compile > > X from source? Use alien with another distribution? > > > > My machine has a cirrus logic 5436, so I need the > > svga server. > > No, on powerpc you need the fbdev server (xserver-fbdev). You might > get a better accelerated server with 4.0, which we're still working on > packaging.
I just get the XFree86 source from one of the mirrors and compile/install it. It works straight out of the box. Some debs would be great but the source compile is so simple that I'm happy with that. Brendan Simon.
