XFree86 4.x on Apple FireWire iBook

12 Feb 2001

      Hi,

If anyone succeeded installing XFree86 4.x on Apple FireWire iBook please 
share his wise experience.

XFree86 3.3.6 work in frame buffer mode, 256 colors, but attempt to 
switch to XFree86 4.x with command switch2xf86-4 fails, or to say 
precisely, just nothing happens.

Also, it would be nice to work in full graphic acceleration mode. I knew 
that Debian people somehow managed to get it work. Snippet from X86Config 
Debian attached.

Please tell me is it possible to do something similar with sax2 or manual 
editing of X86Config.

Thanks in advance.

Andrei Verovski

Section "ServerLayout"
	Identifier     "XFree86 Configured"
	Screen      0  "Screen0" 0 0
	InputDevice    "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
	InputDevice    "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
EndSection

EndSection

Section "Module"
	Load  "GLcore"
	Load  "dbe"

# This loads the miscellaneous extensions module, and disables
# initialisation of the XFree86-DGA extension within that module.
    SubSection  "extmod"
      Option    "omit xfree86-dga"   # don't initialise the DGA extension
    EndSubSection

	Load  "glx"
#	Load  "pex5"
	Load  "record"
	Load  "xie"
	Load  "type1"
	Load  "speedo"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
	Identifier   "Monitor0"
	VendorName   "Apple Computer"
	ModelName    "LCD Screen"
        HorizSync    30-40
        VertRefresh  60-70
	Mode "800x600"
		DotClock 40.001
		HTimings 800 858 986 1056
		VTimings 600 601 605 628
		Flags "+HSync" "+VSync"
	EndMode
EndSection

Section "Device"
	### Available Driver options are:-
        #Option     "NoAccel"
        Option     "SWcursor"
        #Option     "HWcursor"
        #Option     "Dac6Bit"
        #Option     "Dac8Bit"
        #Option     "UseFBDev"
	Identifier  "r128"
	Driver      "r128"
	BusID       "PCI:0:16:0"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
	Identifier "Screen0"
	Device     "r128"
	Monitor    "Monitor0"
        DefaultDepth      24
	SubSection "Display"
		Depth     16
		Modes "800x600"
	EndSubSection
	SubSection "Display"
		Depth     24
		Modes "800x600"
	EndSubSection
EndSection