Subject: Re: patch to get latest XFree 4.0 snapshot (xf3918) to work on ppcwithr128

From: Michel Dänzer <[email-masked]>
Date: Sat, 11 Mar 2000 00:54:37 +0100

Michael Schmitz wrote:

> > I am confused.  Now that XF 4.0 is out, will quick snapshots continue to
> > be released?
>
> One would sure hope so. The 4.0 X server dies horribly during device
> configuration on my Lombard. After feeding it a hand-crafted XF86Config,
> it just hangs the machine.

Which driver?

With the fbdev driver, you have to specify the bus ID of the graphics chip,
e.g.

    BusID	"0:1:0"

Michel

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