Jose, are you entering these commands in yaboot, or a specific shell to fix your xorg.conf?
On Mon, May 6, 2013 at 11:52 PM, Str8bs <[email protected]> wrote: > Jose, > > Glad it helped. I was trying to keep it short as possible. You may be > able to eek a little better performance if you add > DefaultDepth 16 in the screen section. (If you don't mind the lower > color depth.) > > Also, <ctl> x and Y to save should do the same thing, I just prefer to > see the save first. Kind of the same as clicking file/save vs. > clicking exit and then yes to save changes in a GUI app. > > Regards, > Str8 > > On Sun, May 5, 2013 at 9:18 PM, Jose Lopez <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi all, I just want to thank Str8bs for sharing that last > > > > nano /etc/X11/xorg.conf. > > I have the IMac G3 333 Mhz tray loading it is one of the first ones. I > > updated the ram to 256mb and the Hdd to 80 gig. any ways after months of > > reading and testing the final thing I was doing wrong was not saving the > > xorg script correctly. I just need it to do the (ctrl o enter and then > ctrl > > x. After logging out of lightdm and logging back in, It was great to see > > Lubuntu come alive. I will put together some screen shots and post them. > > thank you Jose > > > > > > > > On Sun, Apr 28, 2013 at 10:00 PM, Jose Lopez <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> > >> @str8bs, dude I have a G3 like yours that I installed Lubuntu with the > >> alternate, but I can't get the **** thing to boot. Last time I tryed the > >> (Create simple /etc/X11/xorg.conf) and the ( > >> > >> sudo nano /etc/X11/xorg.conf) I still did not get it to work. I will > try > >> your steps tomorrow and will let you know my results. I this works you > will > >> be my hero. > >> > >> regards > >> > >> Jose > >> > >> > >> > >> On Sun, Apr 28, 2013 at 9:37 PM, Str8bs <[email protected]> wrote: > >>> > >>> Hi wxl, > >>> Not much help I know, but R500 appears to be well supported. > >>> <http://www.x.org/wiki/RadeonFeature> > >>> VGACON is odd. Any chance an extra onboard GPU is getting detected? > >>> lsmod show anything besides radeon like i915? > >>> Does dmesg | grep -i drm show anything interesting? > >>> > >>> Str8 > >>> > >>> On Sun, Apr 28, 2013 at 2:56 PM, ∅ <[email protected]> wrote: > >>> > 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 > >> > >> > > > > -- > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~lubuntu-qa > Post to : [email protected] > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~lubuntu-qa > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp >
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