Subject: Re: XFree86 3.3.5
From: Andrew Ptak (ptak@squish.phys.cmu.edu)
Date: Wed Sep 22 1999 - 09:01:26 MDT
Hello all,
I have a strawberry 266 Mhz iMac (no idea what rev that would be). When
I installed YDL 1.1, it automatically setup X with one mode, 32 bpp at 800 x
600, and it feels like no acceleration. I would prefer 24 bpp at 1024 x
768. I tried installing the updates Tim Rini mentioned below, but when I ran
Xconfigurator, it said I only have 1 Mb of vram and no accel., and none of
the video modes it produced in XF86Config worked (likewise for
Xautoconfig). I have also had no luck with the XF86Config on imaclinux.net.
The boot params. I am using are video=atyfb:vmode:17 (I have also tried
adding ,cmode:32). Any suggestions?
Thanks,
Andy Ptak
Tom Rini wrote:
> I'd like to announce some test RPMS for of XFree86-3.3.5 that will work
> under LinuxPPC 1999, YDL CS 1.x, and MkLinux pre-R1. These RPMS include
> the following:
>
> Anything that's been fixed in 3.3.5 over previous versions
> USB keymap problems (Backspace/delete)
> USB mouse stuff cleanup (mouseconfig sets BusMouse or IMPS/2)
> Cleaned up adb keymaps/keycodes/etc (Kostas Gewrgiou <gewrgiou@imbc.gr>)
> Updated Xautoconfig to take advantage of said fixes
> Updated Xconfigurator to take advantage of said fixes
> JDK fixes for XF68_FBDev
>
> Note, with the JDK fixes there is a 99% chance you will need to
> reconfigure X (old "Depth 32" is now 24, 16 is now 15 or 16, depending on
> weather it's really 15bit or 16bit.). If you have any problems with this
> release, please make sure you reconfigured your /etc/X11/XF86Config file
> with one of the provided tools. The old ones will not work properly.
>
> It's all available from ftp://devel.linuxppc.org/users/trini/XFree86-3.3.5
> For Xautoconfig, Xconfigurator and mouseconfig there are versions for
> uusbd (2.2.6) and normal USB stacks (2.2.10 from Paul M's site, 2.3.x,
> samba's kernel tree, etc).
>
> This fixes a good number of little bugs with USB (backspace in NS), and
> makes things a bit cleaner (you can configure USB for the new kernels),
> unless you're happy with your current setup, updating is sugjested, as
> there are many security fixes from 3.3.3.1 or 3.3.4 to 3.3.5.
>
> ---
> Tom Rini (TR1265)
> http://gate.crashing.org/~trini/
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