On my Power Mac G4 I had to do this: edit /etc/X11/xorg.conf; change the value of the Option “UseFBDev” from “true” to “false” and everything began to magically work.
All my best - Chris; Rochester, New York Soundbytes.org --- On Wed, 12/31/08, Bob Lounsbury <boblounsb...@gmail.com> wrote: > From: Bob Lounsbury <boblounsb...@gmail.com> > Subject: Re: Can't get xorg working on iBook - Help please! > To: debian-powerpc@lists.debian.org > Date: Wednesday, December 31, 2008, 12:22 PM > On Tue, Dec 30, 2008 at 7:03 PM, Amit Uttamchandani > <amit.ut...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> > >> I tried this option and I didn't get any error > messages and X seemed > >> to start with the typical X mouse. There were a > few of warnings, but > >> no errors (I attached the log). However, now when > I try to run > >> 'gnome-session' as a normal user I get: > >> > >> ** (gnome-session:3719): WARNING**: Cannot open > display > >> > > > > This a good sign I guess. At least X is starting up. I > am not too > > familiar with how gnome starts up since I don't > use it but try starting > > gdm as a normal user. See how that goes. > > > > So when X starts what do you see after the typical X > mouse. Have you > > tried running xclock? If that starts and you do see a > clock then I > > guess its simply a gnome configuration issue. > > I'm too new to this type of configuration (more time > using debian, > that just worked). How do you start an 'xclock'? > > >> I've had about enough of arch linux at this > point and am so so close > >> to giving up. It seems to be just one problem > after another with this > >> distro. > >> > > > > I actually learned about ARCH linux PPC from your post > and I've always > > wanted to try it. I will be installing it on my > desktop PPC machine > > soon. > > Great. Maybe you can give me some pointers if it all works > for you. I > also had tough time just getting arch linux installed in > the first > place, which is part of the reason why I'm getting a > little > frustrated. Besides the three outstanding errors I'm > getting, now that > X "seems" to be working. > > >> I would still appreciate any help you may have > though. > >> > > > > Don't give up :) That's part of the fun with > trying a fairly new distro > > (to PPC at least). I remember having a lot of trouble > with r128 with > > Lenny but it finally ended up working after a lot of > trial and errors. > > I think I'm making progress so I'll keep hacking > away. > > Thanks, > /Bob > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to > debian-powerpc-requ...@lists.debian.org > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > listmas...@lists.debian.org -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-powerpc-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
