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Joseph Jezak wrote: |
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> David Friedlander wrote: |
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>> Hello, all! |
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>> I'm having the damnedest time getting X to run on my Mac Mini 1.25Ghz |
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>> (Radeon 9200 processor). I've wasted a lot of time following various |
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>> web instructions, but to no avail. One issue, of course, is the right |
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>> xorg.conf file. Another one may be (in some people's opinion is) |
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>> arguments to the Linux kernel/yaboot. |
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>> I see on this list that there has been some discussion on this |
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>> subject. However, the configuration files that apparently were once |
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>> posted on web sites are no longer available. |
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>> I wonder if anyone who has done this would be willing to part with the |
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>> sacred mysteries. |
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>> David |
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> To begin with, as directed in the Gentoo PPC FAQ, make sure that you've |
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> set the correct framebuffer device. You can check which one you have set |
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> by running Xorgautoconfig --dump. If you could paste that info into a |
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> message, that would be helpful too. What exactly is the problem that |
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> you're having? Most machines actually configure themselves automatically |
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> now without an xorg.conf file. |
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> -Joe |
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Haha, I can tell it's been a while since I've helped people with X |
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issues. :) The application you should be using for X issues is "xac" |
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now, which replaced Xorgautoconfig. I wrote both of them, you'd think |
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I'd be able to keep it straight... |
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-Joe |