Re: Xorg not working on PPC

2014-01-23 Thread Geoff Down
Hi Andreas On Thu, Jan 23, 2014, at 08:48 PM, Andreas Mohr wrote: > Hi, > > > > Depth: 32-bit Color > > Might want to restrict that to 16-bit, since I'd assume that to be a bit > taxing given a semi-small 16MB VRAM amount. Where do I set that please? Are all these options in xorg.conf? >

Re: Xorg not working on PPC

2014-01-23 Thread Tormod Volden
On Thu, Jan 23, 2014 at 9:48 PM, Andreas Mohr wrote: > However very obviously I'd assume PPC handling to be quite a bit different to > x86 handling. > So, as venerable Alex said, your first stop should be PPC-knowledgeable > groups. > > That said, the lockup / garbled screen might perhaps be caus

Re: Xorg not working on PPC

2014-01-23 Thread Andreas Mohr
Hi, On Wed, Jan 22, 2014 at 11:40:58PM -0800, xorg-requ...@lists.x.org wrote: > Date: Thu, 23 Jan 2014 02:49:38 + > From: Geoff Down > Hello List, > I'm installing Linux on a PowerMac G4. Since the installation with > Gnome failed with a black-and-white horizontal stripey screen and > fro

Re: Xorg not working on PPC

2014-01-23 Thread Alex Deucher
On Wed, Jan 22, 2014 at 9:49 PM, Geoff Down wrote: > Hello List, > I'm installing Linux on a PowerMac G4. Since the installation with > Gnome failed with a black-and-white horizontal stripey screen and > frozen system, I was advised to try Xorg instead. > My first attempt resulted in 'no screen