> Charles Brunet wrote: >> >> Hi, >> >> I was finally able to install XFree-4.0.2 on my indigo iBook. X starts, but >> I'm not able to see anything, except the mouse cursor and a gray screen with >> horizontals lines, slightly diagonals, as if the pixels sent to the screen >> weren't the same depth as the screen itself. When I push the mouse button, I >> see turquoise lines on the screen. >> >> I use the XF86Config file I found on hadess.net (merci Bastien). The r128 >> driver is loaded. Resolution is 800x600. Everything in the log file seems ok >> to me. I tried different screen depths without success. >> >> Could somebody please helps me? > > Make sure that you use the right kernel arguments, like: > video=aty128fb:vmode:10:depth:8: > > XFree doesn't work on my iBook without it (if only I knew why, I'd try > to fix it...), also give a try at uncommenting the UseFBDev option in > the Driver section, as Michel pointed out that it was a known bug with > X4.0.2
The video=aty128fb... is there UseFBDev also is there. When I remove it, the screen become black with the backlight at its maximum intensity and I must hard restart my machine. I also have a window manager installed. It's twm. I even can quit X with the mouse menu, but I cant see it... I just see some strange lines in the screen, as I said. ________________________________________ \ Charles Brunet <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> \ Étudiant, génie informatique, Université Laval