Hello, Joe and JR:
Thank to both of you for your help; it took me until now to find the
time to once again find time to
fiddle with this problem.
The symptom is that the monitor gives a message that there's no signal
and goes away. Terminating X
with some combination :-) of shift keys and the delete key brings back
a text terminal. A very lengthy log
file gets generated, but to the best of my ability I can not find any
indication of an error in it.
Checked the FAQ, but I'm not clear how to "set the correct framebuffer
device" -- or what that might mean.
Probably my blindness, if you can direct me I'll be grateful.
Here's the output from xac:
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dfminigentoo ~ # xac --dump
Machine Name: PowerMac10,1
Video Cards Found:
* ATI Radeon Yb - (0:16:0)
Detected as: ATI Radeon Open Driver
Framebuffer Info:
Accel ID: 38
Name String: ATI Radeon Yb
Depth PP: 8
EDID0:
ID: SNY5011
SN: 16843009
DT: [31, 2000]
EV: (1, 2)
VI: {'serration_vsync': 0, 'blank_to_black': 0, 'sync_on_green': 1,
'composite_sync': 1, 'video_level': 0, 'seperate_sync': 1, 'digital': 0}
SZ: (33, 24)
GA: 2.2
FS: {'suspend': 1, 'gtf': 1, 'standby': 1, 'prefered_timing': 1,
'rgb': 0, 'display_type': 1, 'active_off': 1}
CC: {'red_y': 0.33984375, 'red_x': 0.625, 'blue_y': 0.0703125,
'blue_x': 0.1552734375, 'white_y': 0.2978515625, 'white_x':
0.283203125, 'green_y': 0.599609375, 'green_x': 0.2802734375}
ET: [[720, 400, 70], [640, 480, 75], [640, 480, 67]]
MD: [['Detailed Timing', {'stereo': 0, 'vborder': 0, 'vimage_size':
234, 'hsync_offset': 16, 'horizontal_active': 640,
'horizontal_blanking': 160, 'vsync_pulse_width': 2, 'interlaced': 0,
'pixel_clock': 54793, 'hborder': 0, 'vertical_blanking': 49,
'digital_composite': 3, 'vertical_active': 400, 'vsync_offset': 12,
'variant': 2, 'himage_size': 312, 'hsync_pulse_width': 96}], ['Range',
{'v_max': 65, 'h_min': 30, 'h_max': 60, 'v_min': 50}], ['Name', 'SDM-
N50PS'], ['Serial', '0140495']]
HE: 0
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I get something a bit more laconic from Xorgautoconfig as follows:
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dfminigentoo ~ # Xorgautoconfig --dump
Dumping Debugging Information:
Machine ID: PowerMac10,1
EDID Tag: SNY5011
H-Min: 30 H-Max: 60 V-Min: 50 V-Max: 60
Card Dump:
Framebuffer Id: ATI Radeon Yb
Framebuffer Type: 38
Framebuffer Depth: 16
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JR, Thanks for the link and advice, but it didn't get me any further.
I used to do this configuration quite a bit, but in recent years it
hasn't been necessary.
David
On Jul 16, 2009, at 11:32 AM, Joseph Jezak wrote:
Joseph Jezak wrote:
David Friedlander wrote:
Hello, all!
I'm having the damnedest time getting X to run on my Mac Mini
1.25Ghz
(Radeon 9200 processor). I've wasted a lot of time following
various
web instructions, but to no avail. One issue, of course, is the
right
xorg.conf file. Another one may be (in some people's opinion is)
arguments to the Linux kernel/yaboot.
I see on this list that there has been some discussion on this
subject. However, the configuration files that apparently were once
posted on web sites are no longer available.
I wonder if anyone who has done this would be willing to part with
the
sacred mysteries.
David
To begin with, as directed in the Gentoo PPC FAQ, make sure that
you've
set the correct framebuffer device. You can check which one you
have set
by running Xorgautoconfig --dump. If you could paste that info into a
message, that would be helpful too. What exactly is the problem that
you're having? Most machines actually configure themselves
automatically
now without an xorg.conf file.
-Joe
Haha, I can tell it's been a while since I've helped people with X
issues. :) The application you should be using for X issues is "xac"
now, which replaced Xorgautoconfig. I wrote both of them, you'd think
I'd be able to keep it straight...
-Joe
