Adam Di Carlo wrote:
Hi. I'm another PowerBook G3 Wallstreet user having problem running
X11. I'm using xserver-xfree86 (and other X packages) version
4.0.3-3.
Symptoms are:
* ATI driver
If I use the ati driver,
(WW) ATI: PCI/AGP Mach64 in slot 0:17:0 could not be detected!
(EE) No devices detected.
and then
flan kernel: Kernel panic: machine check
and the machine reboots itself. Yes, I have the BusID set properly.
You might need a kernel patch, Michael Schmitz would be able to say more.
* FBDev
If I use the fbdev driver, forcing the mode setting from 'fbset -x',
starting x gives:
(II) FBDev(0): using default device
(WW) ****INVALID MEM ALLOCATION**** b: 0x82000000 e: 0x82ffffff correcting
(**) FBDev(0): Depth 8, (--) framebuffer bpp 8
(==) FBDev(0): Default visual is PseudoColor
(==) FBDev(0): Using gamma correction (1.0, 1.0, 1.0)
(II) FBDev(0): Hardware: ATY Mach64 (vidmem: 4092k)
(==) FBDev(0): Option ShadowFB is on
(II) FBDev(0): Checking Modes against framebuffer device...
(II) FBDev(0): mode "1024x768" ok
(II) FBDev(0): Checking Modes against monitor...
(--) FBDev(0): Virtual size is 1024x768 (pitch 1024)
(**) FBDev(0): Mode "1024x768": 64.9 MHz (scaled from 0.0 MHz), 48.3 kHz, 59.9
Hz
(++) FBDev(0): DPI set to (100, 100)
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/libfb.a
(II) Module fb: vendor="The XFree86 Project"
compiled for 4.0.3, module version = 1.0.0
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/libshadowfb.a
Then a hang...
Do you also specify the correct bus ID in this case?
* Solutions Attempted
I followed the direction of Vinod Kurup on
http://lists.debian.org/debian-powerpc-0105/msg00386.html .
However, after 'make world', it doesn't build anything in
xc/programs/Xserver/hw/xfree86/drivers/ati, so I can't run make
install in there.
You have to make sure that the ati driver is selected for the build, the
easiest way is to
cp xc/config/cf/{xf86site,host}.def
editor xc/config/cf/host.def
then make World .
Should I try the 4.0.99 RPMs from ftp.linuxppc.org/users/kfukui/ ?
Not a bad idea. Dependencies shouldn't be a problem with the server, and the
driver in those RPMs should work with your chip.
Build X source from scratch based on xfree86 CVS ?
That would be about the same as the RPMs.
--
Earthling Michel Dänzer (MrCooper) \ Debian GNU/Linux (powerpc) developer
CS student, Free Software enthusiast \ XFree86 and DRI project member
