Re: Debian Sarge X works for (b)ruby...

[Svetoslav S. <sv...@gm...>]

> Hi all!
> I don't recall seeing a report here on the actual
> use of the Debian Sarge xserver-xfree8
> 4.3.0.dfsg.1-4 (the XFree86 X server). It has the
> "singel card" and "prefbusid" patches in it so no
> patched X is needed anymore!
> 
> I saw Ketjil's announcement that it was coming out...
> 
> Wel, it works like a champ... except... the
> syntax is a little different: cmdline is
> -isolateDevice <pci address> and the config file
> is IsolateDevice.
> The pci device must be like specified as per
> BusId, e.g. "PCI:1:0:0" (with the quotes).
> 
> That had me stumped for a while.

i've added some notes in the howto,
but they are way to little 
and i can not find to update it
:(
http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/XFree-Local-multi-user-HOWTO/mod_xserver_prefbusid.html

so any patches regarding this (and other issues)
against the cvs version @ tldp are gladly wellcome

> That means that soon (?) Debian stable will have
>  X available for multiusers without having to use
> patches.
> 
> I run TNT2 on :0, MX-440 on :1 and patched 2.4.26
> with Debian Sarge.
> 
> That MX-440 is a year old now and it is a pain:
> the fan makes noise now upon cold boot.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Hugo
> 

best,

svetljo

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