Hello In the log that you attached there only one Error (EE) with the DRI driver, and they is not necessary In order to run X, just run the 3D accelerator. I suggest start reading some document for example from debian you have [1]. You can also can read the instructions from other people that almost install Debian or other Linux In her Mac and read the part of the X server, you find there in [2] and [3]. And finally the best one that I think you can read is the documentation on [4].
Good Luck. [1]. http://www.debian.org/ports/powerpc/inst/pmac [2]. http://www.linux-on-laptops.com/apple.html [3]. http://tuxmobil.org/apple.html [4]. http://homepage.mac.com/pauljlucas/personal/powerbook/x.html Gustavo Halperin Amdocs R&D Division ABP - Pricing Engine * +972 977 61442 * +972 977 61783 * <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, October 20, 2004 12:24 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: problem with gui Hi! I am a debian newbie and I installed debian sarge 2.6.8 on my apple powerbook g3 firewire laptop. The installation ran fine but I have a problem with the GUI. These are the errors that I am getting. I tried solving them by using dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xfree86 and startx commands with no success. Can somebody help me in thi matter. (II) Reloading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/libddc.a (==) R128(0): Using gamma correction (1.0, 1.0, 1.0) (II) R128(0): Generic Monitor: Using hsync range of 28.00-50.00 kHz (II) R128(0): Generic Monitor: Using vrefresh range of 43.00-75.00 Hz (II) R128(0): Clock range: 12.50 to 250.00 MHz (II) R128(0): Not using default mode "640x350" (vrefresh out of range) (II) R128(0): Not using default mode "320x175" (vrefresh out of range) (II) R128(0): Not using default mode "640x400" (vrefresh out of range) (II) R128(0): Not using default mode "320x200" (vrefresh out of range) (II) R128(0): Not using default mode "720x400" (vrefresh out of range) (II) R128(0): Not using default mode "360x200" (vrefresh out of range) (II) R128(0): Not using default mode "640x480" (vrefresh out of range) (II) R128(0): Not using default mode "320x240" (vrefresh out of range) (II) R128(0): Not using default mode "800x600" (hsync out of range) (II) R128(0): Not using default mode "400x300" (hsync out of range) (II) R128(0): Not using default mode "1024x768" (vrefresh out of range) (II) R128(0): Not using default mode "512x384" (vrefresh out of range) (II) R128(0): Not using default mode "1024x768" (hsync out of range) (II) R128(0): Not using default mode "512x384" (hsync out of range) (II) R128(0): Not using default mode "1024x768" (hsync out of range) (II) R128(0): Not using default mode "512x384" (hsync out of range) (II) R128(0): Not using default mode "1024x768" (hsync out of range) (II) R128(0): Not using default mode "512x384" (hsync out of range) (II) R128(0): Not using default mode "1152x864" (hsync out of range) (II) R128(0): Not using default mode "576x432" (hsync out of range) (II) R128(0): Not using default mode "1280x960" (hsync out of range) (II) R128(0): Not using default mode "640x480" (hsync out of range) (II) R128(0): Not using default mode "1280x960" (hsync out of range) (II) R128(0): Not using default mode "640x480" (hsync out of range) (II) R128(0): Not using default mode "1280x1024" (hsync out of range) (II) R128(0): Not using default mode "640x512" (hsync out of range) (II) R128(0): Not using default mode "1280x1024" (hsync out of range) (II) R128(0): Not using default mode "640x512" (hsync out of range) (II) R128(0): Not using default mode "1280x1024" (hsync out of range) (II) R128(0): Not using default mode "640x512" (hsync out of range) (II) R128(0): Not using default mode "1600x1200" (hsync out of range) (II) R128(0): Not using default mode "800x600" (hsync out of range) (II) R128(0): Not using default mode "1600x1200" (hsync out of range) (II) R128(0): Not using default mode "800x600" (hsync out of range) (II) R128(0): Not using default mode "1600x1200" (hsync out of range) (II) R128(0): Not using default mode "800x600" (hsync out of range) (II) R128(0): Not using default mode "1600x1200" (hsync out of range) (II) R128(0): Not using default mode "800x600" (hsync out of range) (II) R128(0): Not using default mode "1600x1200" (hsync out of range) (II) R128(0): Not using default mode "800x600" (hsync out of range) (II) R128(0): Not using default mode "1792x1344" (hsync out of range) (II) R128(0): Not using default mode "896x672" (hsync out of range) (II) R128(0): Not using default mode "1792x1344" (bad mode clock/interlace/doublescan) (II) R128(0): Not using default mode "896x672" (hsync out of range) (II) R128(0): Not using default mode "1856x1392" (hsync out of range) (II) R128(0): Not using default mode "928x696" (hsync out of range) (II) R128(0): Not using default mode "1856x1392" (bad mode clock/interlace/doublescan) (II) R128(0): Not using default mode "928x696" (hsync out of range) (II) R128(0): Not using default mode "1920x1440" (hsync out of range) (II) R128(0): Not using default mode "960x720" (hsync out of range) (II) R128(0): Not using default mode "1920x1440" (bad mode clock/interlace/doublescan) (II) R128(0): Not using default mode "960x720" (hsync out of range) (II) R128(0): Not using default mode "1400x1050" (hsync out of range) (II) R128(0): Not using default mode "700x525" (hsync out of range) (II) R128(0): Not using default mode "1400x1050" (hsync out of range) (II) R128(0): Not using default mode "700x525" (hsync out of range) (II) R128(0): Not using default mode "1600x1024" (hsync out of range) (II) R128(0): Not using default mode "800x512" (hsync out of range) (II) R128(0): Not using default mode "1920x1440" (bad mode clock/interlace/doublescan) (II) R128(0): Not using default mode "960x720" (hsync out of range) (II) R128(0): Not using default mode "2048x1536" (bad mode clock/interlace/doublescan) (II) R128(0): Not using default mode "1024x768" (hsync out of range) (II) R128(0): Not using default mode "2048x1536" (bad mode clock/interlace/doublescan) (II) R128(0): Not using default mode "1024x768" (hsync out of range) (II) R128(0): Not using default mode "2048x1536" (bad mode clock/interlace/doublescan) (II) R128(0): Not using default mode "1024x768" (hsync out of range) (II) R128(0): Not using default mode "1152x768" (width too large for virtual size) (II) R128(0): Not using default mode "1024x768" (width too large for virtual size) (II) R128(0): Not using default mode "832x624" (width too large for virtual size) (II) R128(0): Not using default mode "800x600" (width too large for virtual size) (II) R128(0): Not using default mode "800x600" (width too large for virtual size) (II) R128(0): Not using default mode "800x600" (width too large for virtual size) (II) R128(0): Not using default mode "800x600" (width too large for virtual size) (--) R128(0): Virtual size is 640x480 (pitch 640) (**) R128(0): *Default mode "640x480": 31.5 MHz, 37.5 kHz, 75.0 Hz (II) R128(0): Modeline "640x480" 31.50 640 656 720 840 480 481 484 500 -hsync -vsync (**) R128(0): Default mode "640x480": 31.5 MHz, 37.9 kHz, 72.8 Hz (II) R128(0): Modeline "640x480" 31.50 640 664 704 832 480 489 491 520 -hsync -vsync (**) R128(0): Default mode "640x480": 25.2 MHz, 31.5 kHz, 60.0 Hz (II) R128(0): Modeline "640x480" 25.20 640 656 752 800 480 490 492 525 -hsync -vsync (**) R128(0): Default mode "576x384": 32.5 MHz, 44.2 kHz, 54.8 Hz (D) (II) R128(0): Modeline "576x384" 32.50 576 589 657 736 384 385 388 403 doublescan +hsync +vsync (**) R128(0): Default mode "512x384": 32.5 MHz, 48.4 kHz, 60.0 Hz (D) (II) R128(0): Modeline "512x384" 32.50 512 524 592 672 384 385 388 403 doublescan -hsync -vsync (**) R128(0): Default mode "416x312": 28.6 MHz, 49.7 kHz, 74.7 Hz (D) (II) R128(0): Modeline "416x312" 28.64 416 432 464 576 312 312 314 333 doublescan -hsync -vsync (**) R128(0): Default mode "400x300": 24.8 MHz, 46.9 kHz, 75.1 Hz (D) (II) R128(0): Modeline "400x300" 24.75 400 408 448 528 300 300 302 312 doublescan +hsync +vsync (**) R128(0): Default mode "400x300": 25.0 MHz, 48.1 kHz, 72.2 Hz (D) (II) R128(0): Modeline "400x300" 25.00 400 428 488 520 300 318 321 333 doublescan +hsync +vsync (**) R128(0): Default mode "400x300": 20.0 MHz, 37.9 kHz, 60.3 Hz (D) (II) R128(0): Modeline "400x300" 20.00 400 420 484 528 300 300 302 314 doublescan +hsync +vsync (**) R128(0): Default mode "400x300": 18.0 MHz, 35.2 kHz, 56.3 Hz (D) (II) R128(0): Modeline "400x300" 18.00 400 412 448 512 300 300 301 312 doublescan +hsync +vsync (**) R128(0): Default mode "320x240": 15.8 MHz, 37.5 kHz, 75.0 Hz (D) (II) R128(0): Modeline "320x240" 15.75 320 328 360 420 240 240 242 250 doublescan -hsync -vsync (**) R128(0): Default mode "320x240": 15.8 MHz, 37.9 kHz, 72.8 Hz (D) (II) R128(0): Modeline "320x240" 15.75 320 332 352 416 240 244 245 260 doublescan -hsync -vsync (**) R128(0): Default mode "320x240": 12.6 MHz, 31.5 kHz, 60.1 Hz (D) (II) R128(0): Modeline "320x240" 12.60 320 328 376 400 240 245 246 262 doublescan -hsync -vsync (++) R128(0): DPI set to (100, 100) (II) Loading sub module "fb" (II) LoadModule: "fb" (II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/libfb.a (II) Module fb: vendor="The XFree86 Project" compiled for 4.3.0.1, module version = 1.0.0 ABI class: XFree86 ANSI C Emulation, version 0.2 (II) Loading sub module "ramdac" (II) LoadModule: "ramdac" (II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/libramdac.a (II) Module ramdac: vendor="The XFree86 Project" compiled for 4.3.0.1, module version = 0.1.0 ABI class: XFree86 Video Driver, version 0.6 (II) Loading sub module "xaa" (II) LoadModule: "xaa" (II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/libxaa.a (II) Module xaa: vendor="The XFree86 Project" compiled for 4.3.0.1, module version = 1.1.0 ABI class: XFree86 Video Driver, version 0.6 (II) Loading sub module "shadowfb" (II) LoadModule: "shadowfb" (II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/libshadowfb.a (II) Module shadowfb: vendor="The XFree86 Project" compiled for 4.3.0.1, module version = 1.0.0 ABI class: XFree86 ANSI C Emulation, version 0.2 (II) R128(0): Page flipping disabled (!!) R128(0): For information on using the multimedia capabilities of this adapter, please see http://gatos.sf.net. (II) do I need RAC? No, I don't. (II) resource ranges after preInit: [0] 0 0 0xa0000000 - 0xa0003fff (0x4000) MS[B] [1] 0 0 0xa4000000 - 0xa7ffffff (0x4000000) MS[B] [2] -1 0 0xffffffff - 0xffffffff (0x1) MX[B] [3] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x00000000 (0x1) MX[B] [4] -1 0 0xf5200000 - 0xf53fffff (0x200000) MX[B] [5] -1 0 0xf5000000 - 0xf5000fff (0x1000) MX[B] [6] -1 0 0x80081000 - 0x80081fff (0x1000) MX[B] [7] -1 0 0x80082000 - 0x80082fff (0x1000) MX[B] [8] -1 0 0x80000000 - 0x8007ffff (0x80000) MX[B] [9] -1 0 0xa0000000 - 0xa0003fff (0x4000) MX[B](B) [10] -1 0 0xa4000000 - 0xa7ffffff (0x4000000) MX[B](B) [11] 0 0 0x000a0000 - 0x000affff (0x10000) MS[B](OprU) [12] 0 0 0x000b0000 - 0x000b7fff (0x8000) MS[B](OprU) [13] 0 0 0x000b8000 - 0x000bffff (0x8000) MS[B](OprU) [14] 0 0 0x00000400 - 0x000004ff (0x100) IS[B] [15] -1 0 0x0000ffff - 0x0000ffff (0x1) IX[B] [16] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x00000000 (0x1) IX[B] [17] -1 0 0x00000400 - 0x000004ff (0x100) IX[B](B) [18] 0 0 0x000003b0 - 0x000003bb (0xc) IS[B](OprU) [19] 0 0 0x000003c0 - 0x000003df (0x20) IS[B](OprU) drmOpenDevice: minor is 0 drmOpenDevice: node name is /dev/dri/card0 drmOpenDevice: open result is 6, (OK) drmOpenDevice: minor is 0 drmOpenDevice: node name is /dev/dri/card0 drmOpenDevice: open result is 6, (OK) drmOpenDevice: minor is 0 drmOpenDevice: node name is /dev/dri/card0 drmOpenDevice: open result is 6, (OK) drmGetBusid returned 'PCI:0:16:0' drmOpenDevice: minor is 1 drmOpenDevice: node name is /dev/dri/card1 drmOpenDevice: open result is -1, (No such device) drmOpenDevice: open result is -1, (No such device) drmOpenDevice: Open failed drmOpenDevice: minor is 2 drmOpenDevice: node name is /dev/dri/card2 drmOpenDevice: open result is -1, (No such device) drmOpenDevice: open result is -1, (No such device) drmOpenDevice: Open failed drmOpenDevice: minor is 3 drmOpenDevice: node name is /dev/dri/card3 drmOpenDevice: open result is -1, (No such device) drmOpenDevice: open result is -1, (No such device) drmOpenDevice: Open failed drmOpenDevice: minor is 4 drmOpenDevice: node name is /dev/dri/card4 drmOpenDevice: open result is -1, (No such device) drmOpenDevice: open result is -1, (No such device) drmOpenDevice: Open failed drmOpenDevice: minor is 5 drmOpenDevice: node name is /dev/dri/card5 drmOpenDevice: open result is -1, (No such device) drmOpenDevice: open result is -1, (No such device) drmOpenDevice: Open failed drmOpenDevice: minor is 6 drmOpenDevice: node name is /dev/dri/card6 drmOpenDevice: open result is -1, (No such device) drmOpenDevice: open result is -1, (No such device) drmOpenDevice: Open failed drmOpenDevice: minor is 7 drmOpenDevice: node name is /dev/dri/card7 drmOpenDevice: open result is -1, (No such device) drmOpenDevice: open result is -1, (No such device) drmOpenDevice: Open failed drmOpenDevice: minor is 8 drmOpenDevice: node name is /dev/dri/card8 drmOpenDevice: open result is -1, (No such device) drmOpenDevice: open result is -1, (No such device) drmOpenDevice: Open failed drmOpenDevice: minor is 9 drmOpenDevice: node name is /dev/dri/card9 drmOpenDevice: open result is -1, (No such device) drmOpenDevice: open result is -1, (No such device) drmOpenDevice: Open failed drmOpenDevice: minor is 10 drmOpenDevice: node name is /dev/dri/card10 drmOpenDevice: open result is -1, (No such device) drmOpenDevice: open result is -1, (No such device) drmOpenDevice: Open failed drmOpenDevice: minor is 11 drmOpenDevice: node name is /dev/dri/card11 drmOpenDevice: open result is -1, (No such device) drmOpenDevice: open result is -1, (No such device) drmOpenDevice: Open failed drmOpenDevice: minor is 12 drmOpenDevice: node name is /dev/dri/card12 drmOpenDevice: open result is -1, (No such device) drmOpenDevice: open result is -1, (No such device) drmOpenDevice: Open failed drmOpenDevice: minor is 13 drmOpenDevice: node name is /dev/dri/card13 drmOpenDevice: open result is -1, (No such device) drmOpenDevice: open result is -1, (No such device) drmOpenDevice: Open failed drmOpenDevice: minor is 14 drmOpenDevice: node name is /dev/dri/card14 drmOpenDevice: open result is -1, (No such device) drmOpenDevice: open result is -1, (No such device) drmOpenDevice: Open failed drmOpenByBusid: busid is PCI:0:16:0 drmOpenDevice: minor is 0 drmOpenDevice: node name is /dev/dri/card0 drmOpenDevice: open result is 6, (OK) drmOpenByBusid: drmOpenMinor returns 6 drmOpenByBusid: drmGetBusid reports PCI:0:16:0 (II) R128(0): [drm] drmSetBusid failed (6, PCI:0:16:0), Device or resource busy (EE) R128(0): [dri] DRIScreenInit failed. Disabling DRI. (II) R128(0): Memory manager initialized to (0,0) (640,6553) (II) R128(0): Reserved area from (0,480) to (640,482) (II) R128(0): Largest offscreen area available: 640 x 6071 (II) R128(0): Using XFree86 Acceleration Architecture (XAA) Screen to screen bit blits Solid filled rectangles 8x8 mono pattern filled rectangles Indirect CPU to Screen color expansion Solid Lines Dashed Lines Scanline Image Writes Offscreen Pixmaps Setting up tile and stipple cache: 32 128x128 slots 18 256x256 slots 7 512x512 slots (II) R128(0): Acceleration enabled (==) R128(0): Backing store disabled (==) R128(0): Silken mouse enabled (II) R128(0): Using hardware cursor (scanline 964) (II) R128(0): Largest offscreen area available: 640 x 6067 (**) Option "dpms" "true" (**) R128(0): DPMS enabled (II) R128(0): Direct rendering disabled (==) RandR enabled (II) Initializing built-in extension MIT-SHM (II) Initializing built-in extension XInputExtension (II) Initializing built-in extension XTEST (II) Initializing built-in extension XKEYBOARD (II) Initializing built-in extension LBX (II) Initializing built-in extension XC-APPGROUP (II) Initializing built-in extension SECURITY (II) Initializing built-in extension XINERAMA (II) Initializing built-in extension XFree86-Bigfont (II) Initializing built-in extension RENDER (II) Initializing built-in extension RANDR (II) Keyboard "Generic Keyboard" handled by legacy driver (**) Option "Protocol" "ImPS/2" (**) Configured Mouse: Protocol: "ImPS/2" (**) Option "CorePointer" (**) Configured Mouse: Core Pointer (**) Option "Device" "/dev/psaux" (**) Option "Emulate3Buttons" "true" (**) Configured Mouse: Emulate3Buttons, Emulate3Timeout: 50 (**) Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5" (**) Configured Mouse: ZAxisMapping: buttons 4 and 5 (**) Configured Mouse: Buttons: 5 (**) Option "Protocol" "ImPS/2" (**) Generic Mouse: Protocol: "ImPS/2" (**) Option "SendCoreEvents" "true" (**) Generic Mouse: always reports core events (**) Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice" (**) Option "Emulate3Buttons" "true" (**) Generic Mouse: Emulate3Buttons, Emulate3Timeout: 50 (**) Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5" (**) Generic Mouse: ZAxisMapping: buttons 4 and 5 (**) Generic Mouse: Buttons: 5 (II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "Generic Mouse" (type: MOUSE) (II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "Configured Mouse" (type: MOUSE) (II) Server_Terminate keybinding not found (II) Configured Mouse: ps2EnableDataReporting: succeeded (II) Generic Mouse: ps2EnableDataReporting: succeeded Warning: font renderer for ".pcf" already registered at priority 0 Warning: font renderer for ".pcf.Z" already registered at priority 0 Warning: font renderer for ".pcf.gz" already registered at priority 0 Warning: font renderer for ".snf" already registered at priority 0 Warning: font renderer for ".snf.Z" already registered at priority 0 Warning: font renderer for ".snf.gz" already registered at priority 0 Warning: font renderer for ".bdf" already registered at priority 0 Warning: font renderer for ".bdf.Z" already registered at priority 0 Warning: font renderer for ".bdf.gz" already registered at priority 0 Warning: font renderer for ".pmf" already registered at priority 0 Could not init font path element unix/:7100, removing from list! 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