Date: Wed, 06 Jul 2005 11:22:11 +1000 From: Peter Grehan <grehan@freebsd.org> To: Sean_Welch@alum.wofford.org Cc: freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Mac Mini and Xorg Message-ID: <42CB3243.2010804@freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <20050706011247.GA20055@NitroPhys.welchsmnet.net> References: <20050705163155.GA18493@NitroPhys.welchsmnet.net> <42CB0C67.7030705@freebsd.org> <20050706011247.GA20055@NitroPhys.welchsmnet.net>
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Hi Sean, >> 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? I think a kernel should be OK. Note that I haven't run up a kernel for about a month now (and won't be able to for another 1/2 day or so), so there's a chance something might have broken in that time. > Of course if you want to > throw together a new snapshot I'd be more than willing to test it > out for you. ;-) Let's do both :) >> 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. I think the main changes were #ifdef'd ppc, so if you have success I'll file a PR. I have to say, the freebsd-x11 guys were *GREAT* in getting my PR's pulled into the xorg port so quickly. >> 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? It's just the VTY. Going back to X works fine. I don't know if DPMS works - I guess I never had it going for that long to see. later, Peter.
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