[Openchrome-users] Building openchrome with XFree86-4.6.0.0

[Barry Scott]

Mr E_T wrote:
> On Tuesday 23 May 2006 17:38, you wrote:
>   
>> Mr E_T wrote:
>>     
>>> I am currently using openchrome 20/5/06 and Xorg 6.9.0 with great 
>>> stability.
>>>
>>> I switched back to Xorg - unwillingly - I dont like the new modular 
>>> approach -
>>>
>>> ( Too modular )
>>>
>>>       
>> Its may be great for packagers but it looks very hard to build on its own.
>>     
> Yeah - 4-6 packages would have been better
> I do prefer autoconf over Imake - but there is a limit.
>
>   
>>> But XFree doesnt have the unichrome dri driver and wont make it at all.
>>>
>>>       
>> Not sure what you mean I have DRI working with via driver under Xfree86.
>>
>>     
> Doesn't the via driver depend on the Mesa unichrome dri driver ?
>   
The DRI/DRM support is in the kernel. So long as the via DRI module loads
the unichrome/openchrome driver will find it. Its not in XFree86. Look at
dmesg to see that it loaded and check the Xorg/XFree log to see that the
via X driver found it.

Barry