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>14. Setting up the X11 FBdev driver</H1
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>If you are not using XFree86 3.3.3.1 or later, you are
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urged to upgrade to XFree86 3.3.3.1, as it includes a
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FBdev X driver for framebuffer devices. Otherwise,
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follow the steps below to either download or build your
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own FBdev driver for older XFree86 versions such as
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3.3.2, 3.3.3 etc.</P
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>Go to <A
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HREF="http://www.xfree86.org"
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TARGET="_top"
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>http://www.xfree86.org</A
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>, and
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download the latest XServer sources archive, unpack,
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and configure the drivers, following these
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steps:</P
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>Edit
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xc/config/cf/xf86site.def,
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uncomment the #define for
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XF68FBDevServer</P
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><P
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>Comment out <EM
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>all</EM
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>
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references to
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FB_VISUAL_STATIC_DIRECTCOLOR,
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as those are bogus and are not used any
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more. If you are using XFree86 3.3.3.1,
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there is no need to do this step as
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this has all been
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removed.</P
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>Edit
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xc/programs/Xserver/hw/xfree86/os-support/linux/lnx_io.c,
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and change K_RAW to
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K_MEDIUMRAW</P
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>And then build the driver. Don't worry about the m68k
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references, it supports x86 platforms. Then build the
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whole thing - it'll take a long time though as it's a
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large source tree.</P
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><P
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>Alternatively, if you don't have the time to spare, you
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can obtain the binaries from the sites below. Please
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note that these are 'unofficial' builds and you use
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them at your risk.</P
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>For libc5, use the one at: <A
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HREF="http://user.cs.tu-berlin.de/~kraxel/linux/XF68_FBDev.gz"
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TARGET="_top"
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>http://user.cs.tu-berlin.de/~kraxel/linux/XF68_FBDev.gz</A
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>.
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For glibc2, download from these URLs (<A
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HREF="http://user.cs.tu-berlin.de/~kraxel/linux/XF68_FBDev.libc6.gz"
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TARGET="_top"
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>http://user.cs.tu-berlin.de/~kraxel/linux/XF68_FBDev.libc6.gz</A
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or <A
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HREF=" http://pobox.com/~brion/linux/fbxserver.html"
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TARGET="_top"
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> http://pobox.com/~brion/linux/fbxserver.html</A
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>There have been reports that X11 is non functional on
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certain graphic cards with this vesafb feature enabled,
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if this is happening, try the new XF86_FBdev driver for
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X11.</P
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><P
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>This driver, along with vesafb can also help run X11 in
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higher graphic resolutions with certain graphic
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chipsets which are not supported by any of the current
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X11 drivers. Examples are Matrox G200 et. al.</P
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>To configure the XF86_FBdev driver with your X11 system,
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you'll need to edit your XF86Config for the
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following:</P
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CLASS="literallayout"
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> Section "Screen"
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Driver "FBDev"
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Device "Primary Card"
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Monitor "Primary Monitor"
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SubSection "Display"
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Modes "default"
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EndSubSection
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>You'll also need to set XkbDisable in the keyboard
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section as well, or invoke the XF86_FBDev server with
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the '-kb' option to set up your keyboard
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so it works properly. If you forget to set XkbDisable,
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you will have to put the following lines in your
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.Xmodmap to straighten out the keyboard
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mappings. Alternatively, you can edit your xkb to
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reflect the list below.</P
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><EM
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>This is fixed in XFree86 3.3.3.1, and it is a
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good idea to upgrade to this version anyway
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because there are quite a few bug fixes, and
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also, it includes FBDev as one of the drvers,
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as I've mentioned previously.</EM
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>You may need to do some fiddling around with this (try
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copying the original definition from the original X11
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driver that you were using and editing the name of the
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driver to FBDev), but basically this is what you need
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to do to use the vesafb X11 driver.</P
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>Hopefully the X11 problems with supported graphic cards
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will be fixed in future releases.</P
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