Re: XF68_FBDev under MkLinux?

On Sun, 6 Dec 1998, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:

On Sun, 6 Dec 1998, Martin Costabel wrote:

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Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:

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Another thing is keyboard and mouse (ADB) handling. Xpmac uses the plain
/dev/adb device, while XF68_FBDev takes the standard Linux keyboard input and
uses the adbmouse driver. I assume keyboard won't be a problem. But the mouse
requires the adbmouse driver.

Did you fix the problem with the non-working option (alt) keys?
In the XF68_FBDev of the new R5beta linuxppc, it is still there.
For me (PM6400, standard Apple keyboard and 1-button mouse), XF68_FBDev
is pretty much useless. 

What about the XF68_FBDev from XFree86 3.3.3?

I must confess that I am a bit lost among the many different versions of 
XF68_FBDev. For the one from XFree86 3.3.3, do I have to install all of 
XFree86 3.3.3, or does it work with XFree86 3.3.2 which is in linuxppc-pre-R5?
I tried several versions, and both on R4 and on pre-R5, the result was the same.
Except that some versions did not want to run on pre-R5.

I would be the first to assume that this is a problem with my configuration,
except that there were some reports by others who had the same problems,
and I am pretty sure that there is a large silent majority of linuxppc users on power Macs who never tried XF68_FBDev so far.

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If you need more information to get to the bottom of this problem, just
say what kind of tests to perform.

Problem is that I don't know anything about ADB, nor have ADB devices :-(

If XF68_FBDev is going to be the standard for everybody, one should make sure
that it works on PowerMacs, too.

--
Martin



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On Mon, 7 Dec 1998, Martin Costabel wrote:

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What about the XF68_FBDev from XFree86 3.3.3?

I must confess that I am a bit lost among the many different versions of 
XF68_FBDev. For the one from XFree86 3.3.3, do I have to install all of 
XFree86 3.3.3, or does it work with XFree86 3.3.2 which is in linuxppc-pre-R5?
I tried several versions, and both on R4 and on pre-R5, the result was the same.
Except that some versions did not want to run on pre-R5.

The X server doesn't use any of the X11 shared libs. All it needs is libc and
libm. So if you have to correct glibc, it's supposed to work.

If XF68_FBDev is going to be the standard for everybody, one should make sure
that it works on PowerMacs, too.

Sure it has to!

Greetings,

						Geert

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Geert Uytterhoeven                     Geert.Uytterhoeven@cs.kuleuven.ac.be
Wavelets, Linux/{m68k~Amiga,PPC~CHRP}  http://www.cs.kuleuven.ac.be/~geert/
Department of Computer Science -- Katholieke Universiteit Leuven -- Belgium


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