X runs on PReP with FBpatch. But......

[Jeff Rugen]

On Wed, 14 Jul 1999, Kazunori Aoshima wrote:

> 8.Set color modes and monitor modes.
>   I set custom, and 1024x768 with 8bit and 16bit mode, 
>   with 1024x768 Hireflesh mode.

16bit mode won't work yet (at best you'll have really ugly colors, at worst,
it will be unusable).

> 9.Test mode start. If change monirtor modes for Xwindow like,
>   Push OK.
> 
> I don't know after No.9, because SCSI control.drops down and freeze
> my machine.

I have this problem with 2.2.10 even when I just let the machine sit idle
for a day.  I haven't spent the time to track it down (I've been hoping
someone more knowledgable about the SCSI system would do it first :-)  ).  I
have an old 2.2.2 that doesn't have this problem, but no longer have that
source (though I could probably get it from vger if I really wanted to).

> But, I would like to run Xbh.
> I could not run Xbh on my R5 environment before.
> How would I do to run Xbh? Were ther any patches?

I have a version of Xbh for R5 in the same place as the framebuffer patches
(though Jeff Garzik has a more complete set of patches that incorporates
what I did).  Xbh is at:

   ftp://linuxppc.cs.nmt.edu/pub/linuxppc/patches/Xbh-16bit-glibc2x/

However, I haven't had any luck running X of any sort on 2.2.10 -- the
machine locks up almost immediately when I try to move the mouse.  Gnome
executables (gnome-session, etc) give me immediate segmentation faults with
2.2.2, though Xbh works fine with that kernel.  I haven't spent the time to
see if Gnome is what's causing my problems with 2.2.10, but it is something
I should probably look at.

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