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darren kirby wrote: |
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> Yeah well, me again. Seems I'm the only one having trouble with PPC these |
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> days. |
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> |
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> I got Xorg 7.1, fluxbox, and KDE installed. After creating an xorg.conf with |
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> Xorgautoconfig I quickly realized I indeed had the problem hinted at re: VGA |
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> BIOS. So I ~ppc64 keyworded xf86-video-ati and emerged version 6.6.3 which |
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> applies the patch that was also hinted at. The results are identical however. |
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> X starts and is running, as is fluxbox, but there is nothing on my screen. |
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> The only difference is that this time the power LED on my montor goes out |
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> when I start X, whereas before it stayed on. |
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> |
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> Also, there is a difference in Xorg.0.log: X now seems to think that I have a |
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> second CRT monitor attached!? |
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> |
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> (II) RADEON(0): Primary: |
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> Monitor -- TMDS |
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> Connector -- DVI-D |
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> DAC Type -- TVDAC/ExtDAC |
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> TMDS Type -- Internal |
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> DDC Type -- DVI_DDC |
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> (II) RADEON(0): Secondary: |
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> Monitor -- CRT |
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> Connector -- VGA |
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> DAC Type -- Primary |
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> TMDS Type -- External |
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> DDC Type -- VGA_DDC |
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> |
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> I have tried with the default xorg.conf that was generated, and I tried all |
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> manner of tweaks that I gleamed from gentoo-wiki, "man xorg.conf", and "man |
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> radeon". I have tried commenting and uncommenting individual "Options" from |
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> xorg.conf but the result is always the same. |
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> |
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> I have tried dropping down to 16 bit color depth and down to 1600x1024 |
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> resolution, with no joy. |
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> Can anyone even confirm that they have gotten an 23" cinema display and a |
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> radeon 9600 to work with Xorg? I would _really_ love to see your xorg.conf if |
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> you have. |
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> I don't know what else to say. There are no errors in my log (though there are |
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> some warnings). If you want/need further information just let me know... |
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> I have posted the log and my current conf file in my webspace: |
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> http://badcomputer.org/xorg.conf.txt |
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> http://badcomputer.org/xorg.log.txt |
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> |
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> xorg-x11-7.1 |
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> mesa-6.5-r3 |
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> xf86-video-ati-6.6.3 |
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> PowerMac G5 2x 2.0GHz |
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> Ati Radeon 9600 |
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> 23" Apple Cinema Display |
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> I would appreciate any ideas. |
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> |
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> -d |
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> |
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Try Xorgconfig auto will not work for my mac I have Dual 1.8 17 Studio |
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also check the video ram amount That has helped to get X running fine |
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every time |
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Good Luck |
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