hi, have you tried video=fbcon ? i tried searching for this machine, on google i did see there was some breakage at 2.6.9, but i did not see a follow up (perhaps i did not search far enough..). i have kernel sources here unpacked and i see that fbcon.c was last modified in sept 06, so there may be some fix. if not, don't give up.
but i still run 2.6.8 some on my old machine even with other stuff etch so far less problems that other things i have tried, although my old machine is gone now. another possiblity maybe is to find some video card. you have to edit the nvram setting i think to make it the console. sometimes you see old ati or something cheap, like $10. --- gio <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > After update from sarge to etch. I can't start X > session with Xorg. > My machine is a Powermac 7300/200 with 256MB memory > and 4MB video memory > the graphic card is the original Apple integrated > graphic card. > > lspci response > > 0001:01:0b.0 Non-VGA unclassified device: Apple > Computer Inc. Control Video > > > > If I write video=ofonly on kernel command at boot, X > tell: > Caught signal 11. Server aborting. > > Xorg Log show this result about framebuffer > > (II) FBDEV(0): using default device > (II) Running in FRAMEBUFFER Mode > (**) FBDEV(0): Depth 24, (--) framebuffer bpp 24 > (==) FBDEV(0): RGB weight 888 > (==) FBDEV(0): Default visual is TrueColor > (==) FBDEV(0): Using gamma correction (1.0, 1.0, > 1.0) > (II) FBDEV(0): hardware: control (video memory: > 4095kB) > (II) FBDEV(0): checking modes against framebuffer > device... > (II) FBDEV(0): mode "1024x768" test ok > (II) FBDEV(0): mode "800x600" test ok > (II) FBDEV(0): mode "640x480" test ok > > > when is video=ofonly from kernel command at boot: > > (EE) FBDEV(0): FBIOPUT_VSCREENINFO: Invalid argument > (EE) FBDEV(0): mode initialization failed > Fatal server error: AddScreen/ScreenInit failed > for driver 0. > > And log change in > > (II) FBDEV(0): using default device > (II) Running in FRAMEBUFFER Mode > (**) FBDEV(0): Depth 24, (--) framebuffer bpp 24 > (==) FBDEV(0): RGB weight 888 > (==) FBDEV(0): Default visual is TrueColor > (==) FBDEV(0): Using gamma correction (1.0, 1.0, > 1.0) > (II) FBDEV(0): hardware: control (video memory: > 4095kB) > (II) FBDEV(0): checking modes against framebuffer > device... > (II) FBDEV(0): mode "1024x768" test failed > (II) FBDEV(0): mode "800x600" test failed > (II) FBDEV(0): mode "640x480" test failed > > have you any suggestions? > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
