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From: "José Andrés Arias Velichko" <locke@××××××××.es>
To: sen_ml@×××××××.com
Cc: gentoo-ppc-user@g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-ppc-user] Re: Guide for setting up Nvidia Geforce 4 on gentoo ppc
Date: Wed, 22 Jan 2003 15:11:28
Message-Id: 20030122150614.GA4052@aldan.uc3m.es
In Reply to: [gentoo-ppc-user] Re: Guide for setting up Nvidia Geforce 4 on gentoo ppc by sen_ml@eccosys.com
1 Try to change the CRT number in the Xconfig, and also you can use this
2 http://koala.ilog.fr/cgi-bin/nph-colas-modelines modeline generator.
3
4
5 Regards,
6 Andres
7
8 Hola sen_ml, el 22 de ene de 2003, a las 10:06 +0900, sen_ml@×××××××.com decías:
9 > Hi,
10 >
11 > > On a related note, does anyone know whether it's still necessary to
12 > > manually compile and install the nv driver? I briefly looked through
13 > > the ebuild file but didn't notice anything specific -- I guess I'll
14 > > find out some number of hours from now when the compile step finishes
15 > > (-;
16 >
17 > To follow up on this, I looked in:
18 >
19 > /var/tmp/portage/xfree-4.2.99.3-r2/work/xc/programs/Xserver/hw/xfree86/drivers/Makefile
20 >
21 > and didn't see nv listed among SUBDIRS and DRIVERS, so I guess it's
22 > still necessary to follow step 2 of the guide. So I went ahead and
23 > did so.
24 >
25 > No luck getting X to run properly though -- nice vertical bars that
26 > move horizontally...this was on a 15 inch flat panel iMac. Good thing
27 > that CTRL-ALT-DEL works (-;
28 >
29 > After not managing to find an appropriate looking XF86Config-4 file
30 > for this model, I tried generating one w/ Xeasyconf as well as
31 > Xautoconfig w/o successful resulting operation.
32 >
33 > Anyone manage to get X working at decent bpp for a 15 inch flat panel
34 > iMac?
35 >
36 > FWIW, below is the XF86Config-4 file I've been messing w/.
37 >
38 > Section "ServerLayout"
39 > Identifier "XFree86 Configured"
40 > Screen 0 "Screen0" 0 0
41 > InputDevice "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
42 > InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
43 > EndSection
44 >
45 > Section "Files"
46 > RgbPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/rgb"
47 > ModulePath "/usr/X11R6/lib/modules"
48 > FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/truetype"
49 > FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc/"
50 > FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Speedo/"
51 > FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Type1/"
52 > FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/CID/"
53 > FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/"
54 > FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/"
55 > EndSection
56 >
57 > Section "Module"
58 > Load "extmod"
59 > Load "dri"
60 > Load "dbe"
61 > Load "record"
62 > Load "xtrap"
63 > Load "glx"
64 > Load "speedo"
65 > Load "type1"
66 > EndSection
67 >
68 > Section "InputDevice"
69 > Identifier "Keyboard0"
70 > Driver "keyboard"
71 > Option "CustomKeycodes"
72 > Option "XkbModel" "Macintosh"
73 > Option "XkbLayout" "us"
74 > Option "XkbRules" "xfree"
75 > EndSection
76 >
77 > Section "InputDevice"
78 > Identifier "Mouse0"
79 > Driver "mouse"
80 > Option "Protocol" "IMPS/2"
81 > Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
82 > Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
83 > EndSection
84 >
85 > Section "Monitor"
86 > Identifier "Monitor0"
87 > VendorName "Monitor Vendor"
88 > ModelName "Monitor Model"
89 > UseModes "Modes0"
90 > Option "DPMS"
91 > HorizSync 30-70
92 > VertRefresh 50-160
93 > EndSection
94 >
95 > Section "Device"
96 > ### Available Driver options are:-
97 > ### Values: <i>: integer, <f>: float, <bool>: "True"/"False",
98 > ### <string>: "String", <freq>: "<f> Hz/kHz/MHz"
99 > ### [arg]: arg optional
100 > #Option "SWcursor" # [<bool>]
101 > #Option "HWcursor" # [<bool>]
102 > #Option "NoAccel" # [<bool>]
103 > #Option "ShowCache" # [<bool>]
104 > #Option "ShadowFB" # [<bool>]
105 > #Option "UseFBDev" # [<bool>]
106 > #Option "Rotate" # [<str>]
107 > #Option "VideoKey" # <i>
108 > Option "FlatPanel" "True" # [<bool>]
109 > #Option "FPDither" # [<bool>]
110 > #Option "CrtcNumber" "0" # <i>
111 > Option "CrtcNumber" "1" # <i>
112 > Identifier "Card0"
113 > #Option "UseFBDev"
114 > Driver "nv"
115 > VendorName "nVidia Corporation"
116 > BoardName "NV11 [GeForce2 MX]"
117 > BusID "PCI:0:16:0"
118 > EndSection
119 >
120 > Section "Screen"
121 > Identifier "Screen0"
122 > Device "Card0"
123 > Monitor "Monitor0"
124 > DefaultDepth 8
125 > SubSection "Display"
126 > Depth 1
127 > Modes "1024x768"
128 > EndSubSection
129 > SubSection "Display"
130 > Depth 4
131 > Modes "1024x768"
132 > EndSubSection
133 > SubSection "Display"
134 > Depth 8
135 > Modes "1024x768"
136 > EndSubSection
137 > SubSection "Display"
138 > Depth 15
139 > Modes "1024x768"
140 > EndSubSection
141 > SubSection "Display"
142 > Depth 16
143 > Modes "1024x768"
144 > EndSubSection
145 > SubSection "Display"
146 > Depth 24
147 > Modes "1024x768"
148 > EndSubSection
149 > EndSection
150 >
151 > Section "DRI"
152 > Mode 0666
153 > EndSection
154 >
155 > Section "Modes"
156 > Identifier "Modes0"
157 > # mode generated by Xeasyconf
158 > # Modeline "1024x768" 100.000 1024 1040 1048 1064 768 784 792 808 -HSync -VSync
159 > # from Xautoconfig
160 > Modeline "1024x768" 78.525 1024 1049 1145 1312 768 769 772 800 +hsync +vsync
161 > EndSection
162 >
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