[Xorg-driver-geode] Unable to compile xf86-video-geode-2.11.0

[Chris Ball]

Hi Sid,

   > geode_ddc.c:31:23: error: xf86Modes.h: No such file or directory
   > geode_ddc.c:175:50: error: missing binary operator before token "("

This means that your X server is extremely old.  Are you able to
consider upgrading to a newer one?

   > The same error is listed on the home page of the site. So I even
   > tried the patch given for it. But it failed on the source when I
   > applied it using patch -p1 < patch.diff

I think you mean:

http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/xorg-commit/2007-February/010341.html 

.. which will fail because it's against the Intel driver, not the Geode
one; it's given as an example of what a patch to make it work might look
like.

So, I think your options are:

   * upgrade to a newer X server
   * downgrade to an older version of the Geode driver than 2.9.0
   * rework the patch to apply to Geode instead of Intel

- Chris.
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Chris Ball   <cjb at laptop.org>