i think i just figured out the problem i've been having since quantal: kms only on radeon. fallback to vesa has meant all sorts of problems like completely corrupted video on return from suspend. i guess for whatever resaon my Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] nee ATI RV515/M54 [Mobility Radeon X1400] [1002:7145] doesn't support it as: $ dmesg | grep "kernel modesetting" [ 2.364231] [drm] VGACON disable radeon kernel modesetting. $ grep KMS /var/log/Xorg.0.log [ 33.036] (II) [KMS] drm report modesetting isn't supported. so i guess i need to install catalyst. boo. this seems to be poorly documented on the ubuntu wiki. there's supposed to be this page: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/X/KernelModeSetting but it doesn't exist. anyone else have any insight or thoughts before i go and install this proprietary junk? wxl
On Sun, 28 Apr 2013 01:24:23 -0500 Str8bs <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi all, > > Not sure if this is the proper list for this. > > Attached is my attempt at getting iMac G3's working with as few steps > and typing as possible. If anyone thinks it wiki worthy, please feel > free. I know some of it is in the PPC FAQ already. > > Also, X86 users with old cards hit by the removal of XAA > (Rage,SIS,Trident,etc.) may find this workaround easier than removing > the driver and falling back to Vesa. > Create simple /etc/X11/xorg.conf > ______________________________ > Section "Device" > Identifier "AnyWordThatAmusesYou" > Option "NoAccel" "True" > EndSection > ______________________________ > > BTW, my current "lowest spec success" running Lubuntu 13.04: > 1999 iMac G3 333 with a whopping 160 Meg of Ram. > Needless to say it is slow with that little ram, but it runs and can > browse the web. :) > > Regards, > Str8 -- -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~lubuntu-qa Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~lubuntu-qa More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
