Gentoo Archives: gentoo-ppc-user

From: darren kirby <bulliver@×××××××××××.org>
To: gentoo-ppc-user@l.g.o
Subject: [gentoo-ppc-user] xorg not working.
Date: Fri, 06 Oct 2006 22:16:12
Message-Id: 200610061516.43200.bulliver@badcomputer.org
1 Yeah well, me again. Seems I'm the only one having trouble with PPC these
2 days.
3
4 I got Xorg 7.1, fluxbox, and KDE installed. After creating an xorg.conf with
5 Xorgautoconfig I quickly realized I indeed had the problem hinted at re: VGA
6 BIOS. So I ~ppc64 keyworded xf86-video-ati and emerged version 6.6.3 which
7 applies the patch that was also hinted at. The results are identical however.
8 X starts and is running, as is fluxbox, but there is nothing on my screen.
9 The only difference is that this time the power LED on my montor goes out
10 when I start X, whereas before it stayed on.
11
12 Also, there is a difference in Xorg.0.log: X now seems to think that I have a
13 second CRT monitor attached!?
14
15 (II) RADEON(0): Primary:
16 Monitor -- TMDS
17 Connector -- DVI-D
18 DAC Type -- TVDAC/ExtDAC
19 TMDS Type -- Internal
20 DDC Type -- DVI_DDC
21 (II) RADEON(0): Secondary:
22 Monitor -- CRT
23 Connector -- VGA
24 DAC Type -- Primary
25 TMDS Type -- External
26 DDC Type -- VGA_DDC
27
28 I have tried with the default xorg.conf that was generated, and I tried all
29 manner of tweaks that I gleamed from gentoo-wiki, "man xorg.conf", and "man
30 radeon". I have tried commenting and uncommenting individual "Options" from
31 xorg.conf but the result is always the same.
32
33 I have tried dropping down to 16 bit color depth and down to 1600x1024
34 resolution, with no joy.
35
36 Can anyone even confirm that they have gotten an 23" cinema display and a
37 radeon 9600 to work with Xorg? I would _really_ love to see your xorg.conf if
38 you have.
39
40 I don't know what else to say. There are no errors in my log (though there are
41 some warnings). If you want/need further information just let me know...
42
43 I have posted the log and my current conf file in my webspace:
44 http://badcomputer.org/xorg.conf.txt
45 http://badcomputer.org/xorg.log.txt
46
47 xorg-x11-7.1
48 mesa-6.5-r3
49 xf86-video-ati-6.6.3
50
51 PowerMac G5 2x 2.0GHz
52 Ati Radeon 9600
53 23" Apple Cinema Display
54
55 I would appreciate any ideas.
56
57 -d
58 --
59 darren kirby :: Part of the problem since 1976 :: http://badcomputer.org
60 "...the number of UNIX installations has grown to 10, with more expected..."
61 - Dennis Ritchie and Ken Thompson, June 1972
62 --
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Re: [gentoo-ppc-user] xorg not working. Joseph Jezak <josejx@g.o>
Re: [gentoo-ppc-user] xorg not working. Louis Hey <cnt5@××××××.com>