Re: [gentoo-ppc-user] xorg not working.

[Joseph Jezak]

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

Well, two suggestions here:

1. From the radeon man page:
Option "ReverseDDC" "boolean"
When BIOS connector informations aren't available, use this
option to reverse the mapping of the 2 main DDC ports. Use  this
if the X serve obviously detects the wrong display for each
connector. This is typically needed on the Radeon 9600  cards
bundled with Apple G5s. The default is off.

2. Try adding
Option "MergedFB" "false"
It looks like it's detecting both heads, not monitors attached to
both heads.

If that doesn't work, please let us know. :)

-Joe
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