[Buildroot] X11R7 on ARM

Ivan Kuten ivan.kuten at promwad.com
Tue Feb 5 12:00:47 UTC 2008


Gernot Kvas wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> The version of X11R7 (Release 7.2) fails to work properly on ARM.
> Reason for this is some missing defines that have been fixed years ago
> for xfree86 [1]. Are there plans to pump the version to 7.3? I
> compared xserver code (1.2.0 and 1.4) and 1.4 includes these fixes.
> Anyone working on a more recent X11R7 package in buildroot?
> 
> As a sidenote, has anyone successfully tried to mate a PCI-card with
> an ARM and X11?
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Gernot
> 
> [1] http://www.mail-archive.com/debian-x@lists.debian.org/msg31585.html
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Hi,

Actually I tried only framebuffer on ARM - with a little handwork X11R7 7.2 is working.
As far as I know there no such plans because X11R7 7.2 is not stabilized.
Your patches are welcome.

Regards,
Ivan




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