YDL on Powerbook 15"

[Justin Mack]

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Howdy everyone.  I've already done a lot of looking and searching into 
solutions for getting video to work for YDL on my 15" powerbook.  About 
the only solution seems to be to update and install the latest dev snap 
of XFree86.  Well, I did that per instructions found in the emails at 
the end of this one.  The good news: Video works.  Upon restart the X 
server finally was able to launch and the rest of the YDL installation 
appeared.  The bad news: That's where it ends.  Everything seems to be 
working for about 10 seconds and then it just totally freezes up.  
Can't quit out of it or anything and am forced to manually reboot.

Okay, so here are my questions.  First, I am assuming my XFree86 
install is corrupt somehow (wouldn't be surprised).  The problem is 
that the X-server is my default start-up method so no matter what I try 
to do, I can't keep the X-server from launching.  Is there a way to do 
this?  Also, is there a utility or app for OS X that will allow me to 
mount my Linux partitions so that I can even look at various logs or 
edit config files?  I know this has been a busy issue on this list and 
I most certainly appreciate any feedback.

Here is the email(s) that I followed:
Thanks!
BlueIce
> > try what you describe.  But could you be more exact?  I don't
> > understand "Unpack, cd xc, make World".  Please be brutally precise.
>
> Unpack the file you just downloaded with "tar xjfv thatfile" into a
> directory where you have enough room to hold it.  When you have
> finished building, the package will take a little over 600 megabytes,
> so that's how much you should have available.
>
> Issue the command "cd xc", which will take you to the top-level
> directory of the XFree86 distribution.
>
> Issue the command "make World", which will build the entire XFree86
> distribution.  On a 1 GHz Xserve, it took a little over half an hour.
>
> If you're ready to trust me instead of cooking your own (which I 
> probably
> wouldn't be...), get the following files.  They are from the latest
> development version, XFree86 4.3.99-14.  I will obviously not provide
> any sort of guarantee to these working on your machine, much less any
> sort of support for them.  I made these on YDL 2.3, but I don't see why
> they shouldn't work on 3.x releases, too.
>
> <URL:http://www.biocenter.helsinki.fi/~atossava/YDL/XFree86.bz2>
> <URL:http://www.biocenter.helsinki.fi/~atossava/YDL/modules.tar.bz2>
>
> Use wget to download these into a temporary directory.  Unpack the
> first file with the command "bunzip2 XFree86.bz2".  Rename your
> existing XFree86:
>
>         mv /usr/X11R6/bin/XFree86 /usr/X11R6/bin/XFree86.old
>
> then, in the temporary directory you're in,
>
>         mv XFree86 /usr/X11R6/bin
>
> Go to the /usr/X11R6/lib directory.  Rename the modules directory:
>
>         mv modules modules.old
>
> Unpack the second file:
>
>         tar xjfv (wherever_you_put_it)/modules.tar.bz2
>
> Restart X.  You should now have the latest and greatest development
> XFree86 version.  I'm not responsible for anything this might do to
> your machine, you're following my advice and using my files at your
> own risk.

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Howdy everyone.  I've already done a lot of looking and searching into
solutions for getting video to work for YDL on my 15" powerbook. 
About the only solution seems to be to update and install the latest
dev snap of XFree86.  Well, I did that per instructions found in the
emails at the end of this one.  The good news: Video works.  Upon
restart the X server finally was able to launch and the rest of the
YDL installation appeared.  The bad news: That's where it ends. 
Everything seems to be working for about 10 seconds and then it just
totally freezes up.  Can't quit out of it or anything and am forced to
manually reboot.


Okay, so here are my questions.  First, I am assuming my XFree86
install is corrupt somehow (wouldn't be surprised).  The problem is
that the X-server is my default start-up method so no matter what I
try to do, I can't keep the X-server from launching.  Is there a way
to do this?  Also, is there a utility or app for OS X that will allow
me to mount my Linux partitions so that I can even look at various
logs or edit config files?  I know this has been a busy issue on this
list and I most certainly appreciate any feedback.


Here is the email(s) that I followed:

Thanks! 

BlueIce

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try what you describe.  But could you be more exact?  I don't 

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understand "Unpack, cd xc, make World".  Please be brutally precise.

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Unpack the file you just downloaded with "tar xjfv thatfile" into a

directory where you have enough room to hold it.  When you have

finished building, the package will take a little over 600 megabytes,

so that's how much you should have available.


Issue the command "cd xc", which will take you to the top-level

directory of the XFree86 distribution.


Issue the command "make World", which will build the entire XFree86

distribution.  On a 1 GHz Xserve, it took a little over half an hour.


If you're ready to trust me instead of cooking your own (which I
probably

wouldn't be...), get the following files.  They are from the latest

development version, XFree86 4.3.99-14.  I will obviously not provide

any sort of guarantee to these working on your machine, much less any

sort of support for them.  I made these on YDL 2.3, but I don't see why

they shouldn't work on 3.x releases, too.


<<URL:</x-tad-bigger><color><param>0000,0000,EEEE</param><x-tad-bigger>http://www.biocenter.helsinki.fi/~atossava/YDL/XFree86.bz2</x-tad-bigger></color><x-tad-bigger>>

<<URL:</x-tad-bigger><color><param>0000,0000,EEEE</param><x-tad-bigger>http://www.biocenter.helsinki.fi/~atossava/YDL/modules.tar.bz2</x-tad-bigger></color><x-tad-bigger>>


Use wget to download these into a temporary directory.  Unpack the

first file with the command "bunzip2 XFree86.bz2".  Rename your

existing XFree86:


        mv /usr/X11R6/bin/XFree86 /usr/X11R6/bin/XFree86.old


then, in the temporary directory you're in,


        mv XFree86 /usr/X11R6/bin


Go to the /usr/X11R6/lib directory.  Rename the modules directory:


        mv modules modules.old


Unpack the second file:


        tar xjfv (wherever_you_put_it)/modules.tar.bz2


Restart X.  You should now have the latest and greatest development

XFree86 version.  I'm not responsible for anything this might do to

your machine, you're following my advice and using my files at your

own risk.</x-tad-bigger></fontfamily>

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