Date: Mon, 3 Dec 2001 09:50:05 -0600 From: Dan Nelson <dnelson@allantgroup.com> To: David Loszewski <stealth@ne.mediaone.net> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Linux Video Drivers Question, failed dependancies Message-ID: <20011203155005.GA38107@dan.emsphone.com> In-Reply-To: <3C0B8A1C.50001@ne.mediaone.net> References: <3C0B22EC.1060306@ne.mediaone.net> <20011203074412.GA26087@dan.emsphone.com> <3C0B8A1C.50001@ne.mediaone.net>
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In the last episode (Dec 03), David Loszewski said: > Dan Nelson wrote: > > In the last episode (Dec 03), David Loszewski said: > >> If I have linux compatibilty on my FreeBSD 4.4 machine would I be > >> able to use a Linux Video Driver? And if so is there a way I'd be > >> able to user it out of a RPM file? > > > > If you're talking about a driver for running Xfree86, their drivers > > are OS-neutral, so you can simply copy the *_drv.o file into > > /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/drivers on your FreeBSD box, edit your > > XF86Config file, and be done. > > $rpm -Uvh atimp310.rpm > error: failed dependencies: > XFree86 is need by Xconfig-atimp3-1024-7-0 > XFree86 is needed by is need by Xconfig-atimp3-1024-7-0 > /bin/sh is need by Xconfig-atimp3-1024-7-0 > > how do I fix this or extract the file manually? Finally some information :) You are trying to get an ATI Mobility chipset working with Xfree86. The latest release of XFree86 (4.1.0) claims to support the Mobility natively, so you should not need to install any 3rd-party drivers. -- Dan Nelson dnelson@allantgroup.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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