iMac G3 vs. Xorg/xfce4: Module fbdevhw does not have a fbdevhwModuleData data object [Unable to test Justin H.'s powerpc fixes on G3]

[Jason Bacon]

Followup:

Desktop-installer completed successfully, installing 503 packages with 
only 2 bumps in the road:

1)    graphics/dri triggers a linker crash, which I worked around by 
using ld from devel/binutils

2)    x11-toolkits/gtk30 runs into a compile error, which I solved by 
adding USE_GCC=yes

It appears that no new powerpc-specific hacks are necessary for 
desktop-installer at this time, which is a nice change from the last 
time I tested it on an iBook a couple years ago.

If I can find a way to get Xorg working with this ATI chipset, it will 
be a perfectly usable FreeBSD laptop.

On 6/11/15 9:44 AM, Jason Bacon wrote:
>
> FYI, I'm attempting to run sysutils/desktop-installer on an iBook G3.  
> It has mostly gone fine, but I encountered the same Xorg issue 
> described here:
>
> http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-ppc/2014-September/007194.html
>
> Has anyone found a solution or workaround?
>
> Thanks,
>
>     Jason
>


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