Hi Johnathon, Two importants things about my TiBook page: I own a TiBook3 which is more than 1 year old now (make sure you have the same model), and I am still using the config file you got but I am sure it's possible to do better now.
What kind of TiBook do you have? What video chipset is in it? Christophe On Fri, Oct 24, 2003 at 10:56:48AM -0700, Johnathon Jamison wrote: > Hi, > > I just installed debian on my Titanium yesterday. I installed woody. I > did a net install, so my packages should be reasonably recent. > Initially, X did not work, but I followed the instructions at > http://www.cattlegrid.net/~christophe/titanium/#XFREE for X. > > Specifically, I added the line > deb http://people.debian.org/~daenzer/dri-trunk/ ./ > to /etc/apt/sources.list, and ran the following three commands: > $ apt-get update > $ apt-get install x-window-system-core x-window-system > $ apt-get install drm-trunk-module-src xserver-xfree86-dri-trunk \ > > xlibmesa3-dri-trunk > I also used the provided XF86Config-4 file, > http://www.cattlegrid.net/~christophe/titanium/XF86Config-4 . At this > point, X started functioning. However, (1) the colors are wrong, (2) > the pointers are wrong, and (3) I have lost visual use of text consoles. > > (1) Almost the entire screen is yellowish. Occasional bits, like some > of the KDE toolbar and the pointer, are the right colors. I saw that > this was brought up on this list at the end of August, but I do not > understand what I am supposed to do. > > (2) The pointers are wrong. Imagine taking the bounding box of the > pointer, taking the right and left thirds, and swaping them. That is, > if the pointer should display as: > 123 > 123 > 123 > it displays as: > 321 > 321 > 321 > The hot spot is always in the top left corner. > > (3) Once X starts, all text consoles are damaged. When switching to a > text console, it is black, except for a gray line about 30-40 pixels up > from the bottom. The line is about 5-10 pixels high, and is about 50% > gray at the bottom, fading to black at the top. The keyboard still > works, and I can do things, but I just can not see what I am typing. > This phenomenon persists even after X exits. > > Thank you for any assistance you can provide. > > Johnathon Jamison > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Christophe Barb� <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> GnuPG FingerPrint: E0F6 FADF 2A5C F072 6AF8 F67A 8F45 2F1E D72C B41E There is no snooze button on a cat who wants breakfast.
