On Thu, 28 Aug 2008 09:00:59 +0200 Michel Dänzer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Wed, 2008-08-27 at 23:44 -0700, Amit Uttamchandani wrote: > > On Mon, 25 Aug 2008 16:38:00 -0300 > > Sebastien G <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > Amit a écrit : > > > > Hey there, > > > > > > > > I was unsuccessful in installing Lenny a few months ago so I reverted > > > > back to Debian Etch. A few days ago I dist-upgraded to lenny. > > > > Everything works as expected except for xorg. No matter what I tried I > > > > could not get past a blank screen. I expect this is related to bug > > > > http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=429432 > > > > > > > > I've tried everything from that is listed from the bug report but no > > > > luck. I even tried downloading the r128 driver from etch and compiling > > > > it from source but no luck. > > > > > > > > Some notes: > > > > > > > > 1. Using ATI Rage 128 M3. > > > > 2. Works perfectly fine in Etch. > > > > 3. I get as far as a blank screen but that is about it. > > > > 4. Everything else works fine in Lenny (power management, etc). > > > > > > > > I am having fun trying to accomplish my day to day tasks using the > > > > command line but I need the GUI to use inkscape and rdesktop. > > > > > > > > Any help is appreciated. > > > > > > > > Thanks, > > > > Amit > > > > > > > > > > > Hi Amit, > > > > > > You don't say which version of the powerbook G4 you've. With my pb 3,3, > > > I had a similar problem when i installed unstable and Ubuntu 8.04. I've > > > made a bug report on ubuntu launchpad. > > > https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xserver-xorg-video-ati/+bug/220887 > > > > > > > Thanks for the reply. I am sorry I couldn't get back to you sooner on > > this. Regarding the powerbook model, I have a Powerbook G4 500MHz > > Titanium I think. How do I find out the exact model (e.g pb 3,3 or pb > > 3,4) ? > > grep machine /proc/cpuinfo > Thanks. The model num is Powerbook 3,2. > > > > You'll find a workaround in the bug report. At the very least, you > > > should get X with driver=fbdev > > > > I tried using driver=fbdev and it works! Thanks for this tip. I > > checked out the bug report you posted and I browsed the git sources > > for xf86-video-ati and it looks like it fixes the issue for radeon > > based hardware. The GPU I'm using using the r128 driver. Also, r128 > > has a separate repo and the fix does not look like it has been > > propagated to r128. > > The fix referred to in the Ubuntu bug report above is specific to the > radeon driver and doesn't apply to the r128 driver. > Yeah you're right about this, I was suspecting it was only radeon based fix. > Have you tried > http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=429432#10 ? > This worked! Using the modeline now allows me to use r128! Thanks a a lot! An important note though, in xorg.conf one needs to add UseModes "Modes0" in the monitor section. > > > As I'm writing this email, I am trying to compile the latest radeon > > drivers from the git master branch to see if I can use driver=radeon > > on this system. > > No, it's not a Radeon GPU... > Thanks again for the help. I will mark this thread as solved. Amit -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
