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On Sunday 27 May 2007 14:41:38 A. Khattri wrote: |
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> Ive used Gentoo for years but never on PPC. |
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> Im trying to get X up and running on an old G3 (B&W) Mac. |
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> I have agp and drm enabled in the kernel: |
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> $ dmesg | grep agp |
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> Linux agpgart interface v0.101 (c) Dave Jones |
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> $ dmesg | grep drm |
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> [drm] Initialized drm 1.1.0 20060810 |
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> [drm] Initialized r128 2.5.0 20030725 on minor 0 |
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> I have built the X server and all libs with dri enabled. |
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> I have tried three ways to configure: first using xorgconfig; then with an |
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> xorg.conf from when this machine ran FC6; and finally with Xorgautoconfig. |
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> None of these has given me a working config. |
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> Here's what I see when I run X: |
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> $ startx |
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> xauth: creating new authority file /home/ajai/.serverauth.3527 |
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> |
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> X Window System Version 7.2.0 |
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> Release Date: 22 January 2007 |
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> X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0, Release 7.2 |
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> Build Operating System: Linux 2.6.20-gentoo-r5 ppc |
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> Current Operating System: Linux eskimo 2.6.20-gentoo-r5 #3 Tue May 8 |
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> 17:05:27 EDT 2007 ppc |
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> Build Date: 22 May 2007 |
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> Before reporting problems, check http://wiki.x.org |
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> to make sure that you have the latest version. |
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> Module Loader present |
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> Markers: (--) probed, (**) from config file, (==) default setting, |
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> (++) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational, |
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> (WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown. |
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> (==) Log file: "/var/log/Xorg.0.log", Time: Sun May 27 15:25:37 2007 |
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> (==) Using config file: "/etc/X11/xorg.conf" |
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> (WW) ****INVALID IO ALLOCATION**** b: 0xfe002000 e: 0xfe0020ff correcting |
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> (EE) end of block range 0xfdffffff < begin 0xfe000000 |
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> Fatal server error: |
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> could not open default font 'fixed' |
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> XIO: fatal IO error 104 (Connection reset by peer) on X server ":0.0" |
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> after 0 requests (0 known processed) with 0 events remaining. |
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> Not sure why it says it can't find any fonts, but Im more concerned with |
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> the "end of block range" error. |
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> -- |
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> A |
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The end of block range error is trivial and happens on most ppc macs. The |
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real problem is the XIO error. That usually happens when there is no driver |
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in the kernel for your video card, the driver is misconfigured, or the wrong |
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driver is used in xorg.conf. If the driver is fine, I would suggest trying |
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the following options in xorg.conf: |
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*Confirm that the driver name is correct |
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*Use DefaultDepth max of 16, you might try less |
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*Try lower resolutions ie 800x600 instead of 1024x768 |
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*You might try turning drm off entirely |
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Good luck |
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