Date: Tue, 5 Jul 2005 20:12:47 -0500 From: Sean Welch <Sean_Welch@alum.wofford.org> To: Peter Grehan <grehan@freebsd.org> Cc: freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Mac Mini and Xorg Message-ID: <20050706011247.GA20055@NitroPhys.welchsmnet.net> In-Reply-To: <42CB0C67.7030705@freebsd.org> References: <20050705163155.GA18493@NitroPhys.welchsmnet.net> <42CB0C67.7030705@freebsd.org>
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On Wed, Jul 06, 2005 at 08:40:39AM +1000, Peter Grehan wrote: > Looks like you do need to build a new kernel. Anyways, it's about time > I put together a new snapshot. Okay -- is it sufficient to build a kernel with current sources or will I need to do a buildworld as well? Of course if you want to throw together a new snapshot I'd be more than willing to test it out for you. ;-) > The Xorg radeon driver needs to be patched - see the 'Known Issues' > section on the ppc page. I saw that... are the changes such that they could be included in the port as a patch that does not conflict with other arches? (I'll have a look at what they are...) It could be worth shooting it over to Eric Anholt for inclusion if so. > The main problem I've had with Xorg on the mini is that switching back > to a VTY seems to leave the screen in a very darkened state: it's > difficult to read the text. Maybe some X gurus out there can diagnose > that problem. Okay. Maybe I can take a look at it when I get it running. Does dpms work? If so, does putting the display to sleep bring brightness back to normal levels? Or is it just the VTY that is dim? Thanks for the response! Sean
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