Re: Can't get xorg working on iBook - Help please!

2009-01-05 Thread Amit Uttamchandani
On Mon, 5 Jan 2009 20:33:30 -0700 "Bob Lounsbury" wrote: [...] > That was one of the first things I tried, using a working xorg.conf > from Debian Etch, but this did not work and is why this thread was > started. There seems to be more serious issues going on, but this is > way beyond my knowle

Re: Can't get xorg working on iBook - Help please!

2009-01-05 Thread Bob Lounsbury
On Mon, Jan 5, 2009 at 8:02 AM, James Tappin wrote: > On Mon, 29 Dec 2008 11:58:03 -0800 > Amit Uttamchandani wrote: > > AU> > > AU> > I also tried using Amit's xorg.conf, but got the same error > AU> > message. At this point I don't think the problem is related to the > AU> > xorg.conf file. > A

Re: Can't get xorg working on iBook - Help please!

2009-01-05 Thread James Tappin
On Mon, 29 Dec 2008 11:58:03 -0800 Amit Uttamchandani wrote: AU> > AU> > I also tried using Amit's xorg.conf, but got the same error AU> > message. At this point I don't think the problem is related to the AU> > xorg.conf file. AU> > AU> AU> Actually I just realized you will have to modify the

Re: Can't get xorg working on iBook - Help please!

2009-01-01 Thread Bob Lounsbury
On Thu, Jan 1, 2009 at 1:46 AM, Michel Dänzer wrote: > On Wed, 2008-12-31 at 16:16 -0700, Bob Lounsbury wrote: >> >> Just wanted to report that X and gnome are working, although it is >> very old qt looking and is being displayed at 1360x768 rather than >> 1024x768 as I have specified in the xorg.

Re: Can't get xorg working on iBook - Help please!

2009-01-01 Thread Michel Dänzer
On Wed, 2008-12-31 at 16:16 -0700, Bob Lounsbury wrote: > > Just wanted to report that X and gnome are working, although it is > very old qt looking and is being displayed at 1360x768 rather than > 1024x768 as I have specified in the xorg.conf. The iBook panel can't display more than 1024x768, wh

Re: Can't get xorg working on iBook - Help please!

2008-12-31 Thread Bob Lounsbury
On Wed, Dec 31, 2008 at 10:37 AM, Michel Dänzer wrote: > On Tue, 2008-12-30 at 18:00 -0700, Bob Lounsbury wrote: >> On Mon, Dec 29, 2008 at 1:42 AM, Michel Dänzer wrote: >> > On Sat, 2008-12-27 at 11:15 -0700, Bob Lounsbury wrote: >> >> On Sat, Dec 27, 2008 at 2:06 AM, Michel Dänzer wrote: >> >>

Re: Can't get xorg working on iBook - Help please!

2008-12-31 Thread Chris "Bigguy"
ury > 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 > wrote: > >> > >> I tried this option and I didn't

Re: Can't get xorg working on iBook - Help please!

2008-12-31 Thread Michel Dänzer
On Tue, 2008-12-30 at 18:00 -0700, Bob Lounsbury wrote: > On Mon, Dec 29, 2008 at 1:42 AM, Michel Dänzer wrote: > > On Sat, 2008-12-27 at 11:15 -0700, Bob Lounsbury wrote: > >> On Sat, Dec 27, 2008 at 2:06 AM, Michel Dänzer wrote: > >> > On Fri, 2008-12-26 at 10:27 -0700, Bob Lounsbury wrote: >

Re: Can't get xorg working on iBook - Help please!

2008-12-31 Thread Bob Lounsbury
On Tue, Dec 30, 2008 at 7:03 PM, Amit Uttamchandani 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 no

Re: Can't get xorg working on iBook - Help please!

2008-12-30 Thread Amit Uttamchandani
> > 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

Re: Can't get xorg working on iBook - Help please!

2008-12-30 Thread Bob Lounsbury
On Mon, Dec 29, 2008 at 1:42 AM, Michel Dänzer wrote: > On Sat, 2008-12-27 at 11:15 -0700, Bob Lounsbury wrote: >> On Sat, Dec 27, 2008 at 2:06 AM, Michel Dänzer wrote: >> > On Fri, 2008-12-26 at 10:27 -0700, Bob Lounsbury wrote: >> >> Has anyone experienced the error in the attached Xorg.0.log f

Re: Can't get xorg working on iBook - Help please!

2008-12-29 Thread Amit Uttamchandani
> > I also tried using Amit's xorg.conf, but got the same error message. > At this point I don't think the problem is related to the xorg.conf > file. > Actually I just realized you will have to modify the modeline in the section "Modes" The modeline I have there is specifically for my screen re

Re: Can't get xorg working on iBook - Help please!

2008-12-29 Thread Michel Dänzer
On Sat, 2008-12-27 at 11:15 -0700, Bob Lounsbury wrote: > On Sat, Dec 27, 2008 at 2:06 AM, Michel Dänzer wrote: > > On Fri, 2008-12-26 at 10:27 -0700, Bob Lounsbury wrote: > >> Has anyone experienced the error in the attached Xorg.0.log file? I've > >> also attached my xorg.conf. I've tried all so

Re: Can't get xorg working on iBook - Help please!

2008-12-27 Thread Bob Lounsbury
On Sat, Dec 27, 2008 at 12:40 PM, Peter Rooney wrote: > Bob, > > It's alright to be new. I was there once, and still feel that way > sometimes. One wag on IRC said that linux on powerpc was a continuous > intelligence test. > > to see the contents of a file displayed in the console, use `cat', `

Re: Can't get xorg working on iBook - Help please!

2008-12-27 Thread Peter Rooney
Bob, It's alright to be new. I was there once, and still feel that way sometimes. One wag on IRC said that linux on powerpc was a continuous intelligence test. to see the contents of a file displayed in the console, use `cat', `more', `less', or (much less common) `most'. Hence, what was

Re: Can't get xorg working on iBook - Help please!

2008-12-27 Thread Bob Lounsbury
On Sat, Dec 27, 2008 at 2:06 AM, Michel Dänzer wrote: > On Fri, 2008-12-26 at 10:27 -0700, Bob Lounsbury wrote: >> Has anyone experienced the error in the attached Xorg.0.log file? I've >> also attached my xorg.conf. I've tried all sorts of changes to the >> xorg.conf, but nothing works. > > [...]

Re: Can't get xorg working on iBook - Help please!

2008-12-27 Thread Michel Dänzer
On Fri, 2008-12-26 at 10:27 -0700, Bob Lounsbury wrote: > Has anyone experienced the error in the attached Xorg.0.log file? I've > also attached my xorg.conf. I've tried all sorts of changes to the > xorg.conf, but nothing works. [...] > (**) R128(0): Using framebuffer device > (II) Loading sub m

Re: Can't get xorg working on iBook - Help please!

2008-12-26 Thread Ken Moffat
On Fri, Dec 26, 2008 at 12:39:29PM -0800, Amit Uttamchandani wrote: > On Fri, 26 Dec 2008 10:27:10 -0700 > "Bob Lounsbury" wrote: > > > Has anyone experienced the error in the attached Xorg.0.log file? I've > > also attached my xorg.conf. I've tried all sorts of changes to the > > xorg.conf, but

Re: Can't get xorg working on iBook - Help please!

2008-12-26 Thread Amit Uttamchandani
On Fri, 26 Dec 2008 10:27:10 -0700 "Bob Lounsbury" wrote: > Has anyone experienced the error in the attached Xorg.0.log file? I've > also attached my xorg.conf. I've tried all sorts of changes to the > xorg.conf, but nothing works. It looks like you have an ATI Rage Mobility M3 which is the sam

Can't get xorg working on iBook - Help please!

2008-12-26 Thread Bob Lounsbury
Has anyone experienced the error in the attached Xorg.0.log file? I've also attached my xorg.conf. I've tried all sorts of changes to the xorg.conf, but nothing works. Thanks /Bob Xorg.0.log Description: Binary data xorg.conf Description: Binary data