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On Mon, 28 May 2007, David Gurvich wrote: |
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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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Yes, the driver was the problem after all. |
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I have the basic stuff working now and wanted to report back here. |
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It turns out that I had "Apple UniNorth & U3 AGP support" configured as a |
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MODULE instead of built-in. Loading the module manually and running X got |
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the basic stuff working. |
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After more tweaking I now have 24bit color running at 1600x1200 ;-) |
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