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

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 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 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? >

Quad head graphic card.

2014-01-23 Thread Grzegorz Sójka
Hi there, I have 4 identical monitors. So I decided to buy (not to expensive, around 100USD) quad head graphics card. I do not need anything particular. Only office applications, no gaming. The crucial thing is that I would like to be able to span a single window across all 4 monitors. I found fo

Quad display adapter.

2014-01-23 Thread Grzegorz Sójka
Hi there, I have 4 identical monitors. So I decided to buy (not to expensive, around 100USD) quad head graphics card. I do not need anything particular. Only office applications, no gaming. The crucial thing is that I would like to be able to span a single window across all 4 monitors. I foun

Re: Quad head graphic card.

2014-01-23 Thread Alex Deucher
On Thu, Jan 23, 2014 at 4:57 PM, Grzegorz Sójka wrote: > Hi there, > > I have 4 identical monitors. So I decided to buy (not to expensive, > around 100USD) quad head graphics card. I do not need anything > particular. Only office applications, no gaming. The crucial thing is > that I would like to

Re: Quad head graphic card.

2014-01-23 Thread Grzegorz Sójka
On 01/23/14 23:26, Alex Deucher wrote: On Thu, Jan 23, 2014 at 4:57 PM, Grzegorz Sójka wrote: Hi there, I have 4 identical monitors. So I decided to buy (not to expensive, around 100USD) quad head graphics card. I do not need anything particular. Only office applications, no gaming. The crucia

No idea how to get started with Xephyr. What am I doing wrong?

2014-01-23 Thread ...
Hello. I am a moderately experienced Linux user, running Mint 15. I want to use Xephyr to make a multiseat setup with one card. I followed a couple tutorials online without understanding anything (just hoping it would work), but it didn't. So, I decided to try to get the most simple thing possi

Re: Quad head graphic card.

2014-01-23 Thread Alex Deucher
On Thu, Jan 23, 2014 at 5:48 PM, Grzegorz Sójka wrote: > On 01/23/14 23:26, Alex Deucher wrote: >> >> On Thu, Jan 23, 2014 at 4:57 PM, Grzegorz Sójka wrote: >>> >>> Hi there, >>> >>> I have 4 identical monitors. So I decided to buy (not to expensive, >>> around 100USD) quad head graphics card. I

Re: No idea how to get started with Xephyr. What am I doing wrong?

2014-01-23 Thread Thomas Lübking
On Freitag, 24. Januar 2014 01:07:57 CEST, ... wrote: $ Xephyr -ac -br -noreset -screen 800x600 :0 try $ Xephyr -ac -br -noreset -screen 800x600 :1 :0 is the hosting X11 server display - you need a new one. Stuff that shall run in that xephyr server needs to be informed: $ xterm -display :1 C

Re: No idea how to get started with Xephyr. What am I doing wrong?

2014-01-23 Thread ...
I'm sure I've done that also but I'll try again and report the results tomorrow. Thanks. On Thu, Jan 23, 2014 at 7:16 PM, Thomas Lübking wrote: > On Freitag, 24. Januar 2014 01:07:57 CEST, ... wrote: > > $ Xephyr -ac -br -noreset -screen 800x600 :0 >> > try > $ Xephyr -ac -br -noreset -screen 8