From owner-freebsd-ppc@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Jul 6 01:14:12 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DBC3F16A41C for ; Wed, 6 Jul 2005 01:14:12 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from seanmwelch@yahoo.com) Received: from smtp104.mail.sc5.yahoo.com (smtp104.mail.sc5.yahoo.com [66.163.169.223]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 725A943D45 for ; Wed, 6 Jul 2005 01:14:12 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from seanmwelch@yahoo.com) Received: (qmail 11985 invoked from network); 6 Jul 2005 01:14:12 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO NitroPhys.welchsmnet.net) (seanmwelch@66.41.102.215 with plain) by smtp104.mail.sc5.yahoo.com with SMTP; 6 Jul 2005 01:14:11 -0000 Received: from NitroPhys.welchsmnet.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by NitroPhys.welchsmnet.net (8.13.1/8.12.10) with ESMTP id j661CnYk020086; Tue, 5 Jul 2005 20:12:49 -0500 (CDT) (envelope-from seanmwelch@yahoo.com) Received: (from welchsm@localhost) by NitroPhys.welchsmnet.net (8.13.1/8.13.1/Submit) id j661Cm0f020085; Tue, 5 Jul 2005 20:12:48 -0500 (CDT) (envelope-from seanmwelch@yahoo.com) Date: Tue, 5 Jul 2005 20:12:47 -0500 From: Sean Welch To: Peter Grehan Message-ID: <20050706011247.GA20055@NitroPhys.welchsmnet.net> References: <20050705163155.GA18493@NitroPhys.welchsmnet.net> <42CB0C67.7030705@freebsd.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <42CB0C67.7030705@freebsd.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.9i Cc: freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Mac Mini and Xorg X-BeenThere: freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: Sean_Welch@alum.wofford.org List-Id: Porting FreeBSD to the PowerPC List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 06 Jul 2005 01:14:13 -0000 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