20 EUR reward (PayPal) to the person who can get my external VGA to work properly

[Pierre Bauduin]

2007/6/5, Dave Airlie <airlied at gmail.com>:
>
> Download and build it isn't that hard..
>
> git clone git://git.freedesktop.org/git/xorg/driver/xf86-video-ati.git
> cd xf86-video-ati
> sh autogen.sh --prefix=/usr
> make
> make install
>
> You'll probably need a load of development packages I'm not sure what
> the superpackage is called..
> Dave.
>
> On 6/5/07, Pierre Bauduin <pierre at baudu.in> wrote:
> >
> >
> > 2007/6/5, Alexej Davidov <alexej.davidov at gmx.net>:
> > > On Tue, 5 Jun 2007 10:44:46 +0200
> > > "Pierre Bauduin" <pierre at baudu.in> wrote:
> > >
> > > > Hello,
> > > >
> > > > Sorry to re-post, but I need to have this problem solved before
> > > > thursday june 7th 2007, which is in two days. I have to make a
> > > > presentation using a beamer on that day, and I really need a
> solution
> > > > for this problem.
> > > >
> > > > So I'm offering to pay 20 EUR to the person who can solve this
> > > > problem. Yes, 20 EUR, paid with PayPal, this is not a joke.
> > > >
> > > > I have bought a mini-VGA to VGA adapter for my iBook G3 800 MHz 12
> > > > inch.
> > > >
> > > > When I use the adapter to connect an external VGA display to my
> iBook
> > > > G3:
> > > > - in Mac OS X, everything is fine, I can see my desktop both on the
> > > > iBook LCD display and on the external VGA display
> > > > - in Debian GNU/Linux, I can see my desktop on the iBook LCD
> display,
> > > > but I see nothing but a grey screen on the external VGA display
> > > Have you tried with xserver-xorg-video-ati 1:6.6.192-1 from
> > > experimental? This solved 2nd display issues for me.
> > >
> > > A.
> > > _______________________________________________
> > > xorg mailing list
> > > xorg at lists.freedesktop.org
> > > http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/xorg
> > >
> >
> > Hi there,
> >
> > Here is the version of that package available for Debian 4.0 on powerpc:
> >
> > Right now this iBook is running Debian GNU/Linux 4.0, so it's version
> > 1:6.6.3-2 of
> > xserver-xorg-video-ati.
> >
> > Well, the problem is that I don't wanna run sid on that iBook. I need it
> on
> > a daily basis. Maybe is there a backport to etch of a newer version of
> > xserver-xorg-video-ati. I could use ?
> >
> > Thank you,
> >  --
> > Pierre Bauduin
> >
> >
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> >
>

Thank you but...
Will this cause "dependancy" problems ?
I mean, will it break other packages ?

Thank you,
-- 
Pierre Bauduin
Linux enthusiast since 1996
Linux registered user #64711
Debian GNU/Linux user
website: http://pierre.baudu.in/
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