Re: Xfree86 and iMac G4 flat panel

2003-03-30 Thread Eduardo Trápani
X works almost perfectly! (I still get the red screen after the inactivity timeout but I can change to text mode). I had to get patch the debian kernel 2.4.20 with the diff I found in this message [1]. The patch can be found here[2]. In the kernel I choose only rivafb, without open firmwar

Re: Xfree86 and iMac G4 flat panel

2003-03-28 Thread Benjamin Herrenschmidt
On Fri, 2003-03-28 at 19:24, Eduardo Trápani wrote: > > Try Daniel Stone's 4.3 XFree packages (www.penguinppc.org/~daniels) > > > > (and let us know) > > Ok, I did xserver-xfree86 seems to install but debconf > complains about all the "_description:" stanzas in the > templates file. It looks a

Re: Xfree86 and iMac G4 flat panel

2003-03-28 Thread Alessandro Astarita
Alle 19:35, venerdì 28 marzo 2003, Carlos Perelló Marín ha scritto: > > I have an iMac 17 inches wide screen and it fully works with > > XFree86 4.3.0 and nv driver. > > Could you send us your configuration file? Thanks. Here is it... Section "ServerLayout" Identifier "XFree86 Configured"

Re: Xfree86 and iMac G4 flat panel

2003-03-28 Thread Alessandro Astarita
Alle 19:47, venerdì 28 marzo 2003, Eduardo Trápani ha scritto: > > I have an iMac 17 inches wide screen and it fully works with > > XFree86 4.3.0 and nv driver. > > Can you also switch to the text terminal (Ctrl-Alt-F1) and > use it? Yes... > Does the monitor turn itself off after a while? No...

Re: Xfree86 and iMac G4 flat panel

2003-03-28 Thread Carlos Perelló Marín
El vie, 28 de 03 de 2003 a las 17:25, Alessandro Astarita escribió: > Alle 16:17, venerdì 28 marzo 2003, Eduardo Trápani ha scritto: > > Has anybody an iMac with flat panel fully working under X? > > > > I am using xfree86 4.2.1-6 and the "nv" driver, kernel > > 2.4.20 without the rivafb driver. >

Re: Xfree86 and iMac G4 flat panel

2003-03-28 Thread Eduardo Trápani
Has anybody an iMac with flat panel fully working under X? I have an iMac 17 inches wide screen and it fully works with XFree86 4.3.0 and nv driver. Can you also switch to the text terminal (Ctrl-Alt-F1) and use it? Does the monitor turn itself off after a while? Could you please send to

Re: Xfree86 and iMac G4 flat panel

2003-03-28 Thread Eduardo Trápani
Try Daniel Stone's 4.3 XFree packages (www.penguinppc.org/~daniels) (and let us know) Ok, I did xserver-xfree86 seems to install but debconf complains about all the "_description:" stanzas in the templates file. It looks as though they should be "Description:" instead. I checked the i386 p

Re: Xfree86 and iMac G4 flat panel

2003-03-28 Thread Benjamin Herrenschmidt
On Fri, 2003-03-28 at 16:17, Eduardo Trápani wrote: > Hi, > > Has anybody an iMac with flat panel fully working under X? > > I am using xfree86 4.2.1-6 and the "nv" driver, kernel > 2.4.20 without the rivafb driver. > > I cannot switch to the text screens, the screen is > completely red and I

Re: Xfree86 and iMac G4 flat panel

2003-03-28 Thread Carlos Perelló Marín
El vie, 28 de 03 de 2003 a las 16:17, Eduardo Trápani escribió: > Hi, Hi > > Has anybody an iMac with flat panel fully working under X? Myself > > I am using xfree86 4.2.1-6 and the "nv" driver, kernel > 2.4.20 without the rivafb driver. > > I cannot switch to the text screens, the screen i

Re: Xfree86 and iMac G4 flat panel

2003-03-28 Thread Alessandro Astarita
Alle 16:17, venerdì 28 marzo 2003, Eduardo Trápani ha scritto: > Has anybody an iMac with flat panel fully working under X? > > I am using xfree86 4.2.1-6 and the "nv" driver, kernel > 2.4.20 without the rivafb driver. I have an iMac 17 inches wide screen and it fully works with XFree86 4.3.0 and

Xfree86 and iMac G4 flat panel

2003-03-28 Thread Eduardo Trápani
Hi, Has anybody an iMac with flat panel fully working under X? I am using xfree86 4.2.1-6 and the "nv" driver, kernel 2.4.20 without the rivafb driver. I cannot switch to the text screens, the screen is completely red and I see nothing. And then it doesn't always come back to graphical mod