On Wed, 24 Jul 2002, Frank Murphy wrote:
> > I've been trying to install Mandrake 8.2 PPC on a pretty new G4 Mac with an > ATI Radeon vidoe card. > > I select install-radeon at install time, and everything looks great (with X > running). Selecting packages and root passwords and whatnot. After I select > the bootloader stuff, I often get a busy cursor. When I cmd-ctrl-F1, I see > the following error: aewm: Xerror (0x40188f): BadWindow. > > Sometimes if I kill aewm from cmd-ctrl-F2, the install comes back and asks me > if I want XFree or Xpmac. I've tried both. If I do the install in text mode, > I don't get asked for a Xpmac options. (Also, in text mode the formatting of > the network configuration is bad. Plus, the boot loader has Done and OK > buttons. OK works; Done doesn't.) > > So, I've tried install-radeon, install-text, and install-video. The > install-video was way too slow to use. > > Anyway, either from an install-text, I can finish an install. (It hangs up > later in the install-radeon, but seems to have done the install.) However, > when I try to start X, the screen goes black, and my monitor turns off. > > The fact that I can start the X-based install indicates that it kinda works, > but under startx, it doesn't. (Also with default login.) > > In the /var/log/XFree86.log, I see the following error: > > RADEON(0): Cannot read V_BIOS (5) > > Then it goes and grabs "default PLL parameters." > > I've tried setting the option for the Device to fbdev instead of radeon, but > I get the same behavior. > > What's going on? What can I check? Does anyone here have more info for me? > I'd be interested to know if the install-radeon used the Xpmac or XFree display driver. Do you have the install log from that install? There is the XFConfig I use for the installer on some of the TiBooks on the CD: Mandrake/mdkinst/etc/X11/XConf-radeon Stew Benedict -- MandrakeSoft PPC FAQ: http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/ppcFAQ.php3 IRC: irc.openproject.net #cooker-ppc
