Phil Fraering wrote: > > Hi. After some travails and ups and downs, I think I finally have > the right kernel. I'm sort-of ready for the next step... does anyone > know what the _last_ revision of xserver-xfree86 was that was > actually compiling for the PowerPC (and was recognizing the > video chip in the iBook) and where I could get it, in either source > or .deb formats? > > Based on perusals of the archives, I know it was working at one > point, and was available at http://samosa.debian.org/~branden/woody. > > It isn't anymore. Anyway, if it _was_ working, shouldn't we revert to > that version instead?
AFAIK there were problems. Dan should be able to elaborate on this. > (Or maybe I should go back to 3.3.whatever, although I didn't think it > was an option with this machine.) Provided that aty128fb works, 3.3.6 should work, if not accelerated. The package would be xserver-fbdev. Michel -- Earthling Michel D�nzer (MrCooper) \ CS student and free software enthusiast Debian GNU/Linux (powerpc,i386) user \ member of XFree86 and The DRI Project
