patching and rebuilding

skroll81 · 05-14-2004, 08:53 PM

Hello,

I have an eMachine M5312 with an ATI IGP 320M graphics chip. I would like to configure XWindows to support this chip. I found several online resources: in a nutshell I would like to know how to patch XFree86 4.3.0 with the radeonIGP driver patch and then rebuild XFree86. I have not patched or rebuilt anything before. I found many guides for patching kernels, but no clear guide to patching anything else. If someone wants to tell me how to do this I would be very happy.

Thanks!

valerie_tux · 05-16-2004, 09:35 AM

Hi there,
Do you have source for the XFree86 or they just binaries. Most distros generally give the binaries and I assume you have them too. To patch anything you need the sources. Download the source from Xfree86's site and then follow the instructions you have got already. Hope that helps.

Valerie