On Wed, 13 Apr 2011 08:08:00 -0300 Rogério Brito <rbr...@ime.usp.br> wrote:
RB> X-Debbugs-CC: debian-powe...@lists.debian.org RB> Package: xserver-xorg-video-r128 RB> Version: 6.8.1-5 RB> Severity: important RB> RB> Hi there. RB> RB> This is a PowerPC (iBook G3), with a R128 video card and with a very RB> recent kernel (2.6.38), all from Debian, none compiled by me. RB> RB> As per bug #484015 (see my comments there), I have to provide an RB> xorg.conf file or I get a completely screwed X. RB> RB> When I use the file attached below by the bug script, I get a SIGBUS RB> when I tell the X server that I want to disable UseFBDev. This is a RB> regression of, at least, version 1:6.8.0-1 of the driver. RB> RB> I am attaching the last log from X here. If any further information RB> is desired, please let me know. RB> RB> RB> Regards. I've got a similar machine that I just resurrected to test for endian-ness issues in a project I'm working on. I'm using the xorg.conf that was recommened to me a couple of weeks ago: http://mac.linux.be/content/xorgconf-ibook-g3-500-dual-usb-0 Changing UseFBDev to "false" with that configuration does not cause a problem, though I think (I've not done any detailed comparison) that it is a little slower (maybe 5%). As for needing an xorg.conf -- I think that the problem is that the screen does not send valid EDID information (presumably Apple were cutting corners and built OSX to know the screen capability from the machine's identity). IMHO -- Xorg needs to have a manual fallback that asks for information if there is neither an xorg.conf nor valid EDID and then creates an xorg.conf. -- +------------------------+-------------------------------+---------+ | James Tappin | School of Physics & Astronomy | O__ | | s...@star.sr.bham.ac.uk | University of Birmingham | -- \/` | | Ph: 0121-414-6462. Fax: 0121-414-3722 | | +--------------------------------------------------------+---------+ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-x-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20110415144950.6a31d131....@star.sr.bham.ac.uk
