Ok, I've re-installed 9.04PPC on my iMac and tried this again. "DefaultFbBpp" does *not* work. If I add this statement to the screen section, X fails with this error:
(II) FBDEV(0): using default device (II) Running in FRAMEBUFFER Mode (--) FBDEV(0): Depth 24, (**) framebuffer bpp 32 (==) FBDEV(0): RGB weight 888 (==) FBDEV(0): Default visual is TrueColor (==) FBDEV(0): Using gamma correction (1.0, 1.0, 1.0) (II) FBDEV(0): hardware: OFfb ATY,Rage12 (video memory: 600kB) (II) FBDEV(0): checking modes against framebuffer device... (II) FBDEV(0): mode "1024x768" test failed (II) FBDEV(0): mode "800x600" test failed (II) FBDEV(0): mode "640x480" test failed (II) FBDEV(0): checking modes against monitor... (--) FBDEV(0): Virtual size is 800x600 (pitch 800) (**) FBDEV(0): Built-in mode "current": 100.0 MHz, 119.0 kHz, 186.0 Hz (II) FBDEV(0): Modeline "current"x0.0 100.00 800 816 824 840 600 616 624 640 -hsy nc -vsync -csync (119.0 kHz) (==) FBDEV(0): DPI set to (96, 96) (II) Loading sub module "fb" (II) LoadModule: "fb" (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules//libfb.so (II) Module fb: vendor="X.Org Foundation" compiled for 1.6.0, module version = 1.0.0 ABI class: X.Org ANSI C Emulation, version 0.4 (**) FBDEV(0): using shadow framebuffer (II) Loading sub module "shadow" (II) LoadModule: "shadow" (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules//libshadow.so (II) Module shadow: vendor="X.Org Foundation" compiled for 1.6.0, module version = 1.1.0 ABI class: X.Org ANSI C Emulation, version 0.4 (==) Depth 24 pixmap format is 32 bpp (EE) FBDEV(0): FBIOPUT_VSCREENINFO succeeded but modified mode (EE) FBDEV(0): mode initialization failed -- Live CD boots to a black screen on Blueberry G3 iMac https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/22976 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is a direct subscriber. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs