Re: iMac G3 r128 - failed to load module "r128"

2021-03-03 Thread Riccardo Mottola
Hi! John Paul Adrian Glaubitz wrote: > Good news on this issue: Adrian Bunk has kindly stepped up and is working on > re-adding > the legacy driver packages to the Debian archive [1]. So users will be able > to use > X on the affected machines in the near future again. Good news then! > If

Re: iMac G3 r128 - failed to load module "r128"

2021-02-27 Thread Johannes Brakensiek
On 27 Feb 2021, at 14:10, John Paul Adrian Glaubitz wrote: I'm pretty sure, it does. I have used it myself. I can confirm it works. You are even able to install on a PowerMac G5 using the broken image if you follow those hints:

Re: iMac G3 r128 - failed to load module "r128"

2021-02-27 Thread Ed Robbins
On Sat, 27 Feb 2021 at 11:33, John Paul Adrian Glaubitz < glaub...@physik.fu-berlin.de> wrote: > Hello! > > On 5/23/20 9:52 PM, John Paul Adrian Glaubitz wrote: > > On 5/23/20 9:48 PM, Jeroen Diederen wrote: > >> I installed Debian Sid on an old iMac G3 500 with an ATI Rage 128 card. > I cannot >

Re: iMac G3 r128 - failed to load module "r128"

2021-02-27 Thread Johannes Brakensiek
On 27 Feb 2021, at 14:10, John Paul Adrian Glaubitz wrote: I'm pretty sure, it does. I have used it myself. I can confirm it works. You are even able to install on a PowerMac G5 using the broken image if you follow these hints:

Re: iMac G3 r128 - failed to load module "r128"

2021-02-27 Thread John Paul Adrian Glaubitz
On 2/27/21 1:57 PM, Jeffrey Walton wrote: >> It does. > > Ack, thanks. > > The in does not work in practice. I'm pretty sure, it does. I have used it myself. You can retry that when I publish the next set of images. Adrian -- .''`. John Paul Adrian Glaubitz : :' : Debian Developer -

Re: iMac G3 r128 - failed to load module "r128"

2021-02-27 Thread Jeffrey Walton
On Sat, Feb 27, 2021 at 7:55 AM John Paul Adrian Glaubitz wrote: > > Hello Jeffrey! > > On 2/27/21 1:37 PM, Jeffrey Walton wrote: > >> If anyone knows about some particular fixes that are required for the > >> drivers - such > >> as for the eMac - it would be nice if we could assemble a list of

Re: iMac G3 r128 - failed to load module "r128"

2021-02-27 Thread John Paul Adrian Glaubitz
Hello Jeffrey! On 2/27/21 1:37 PM, Jeffrey Walton wrote: >> If anyone knows about some particular fixes that are required for the >> drivers - such >> as for the eMac - it would be nice if we could assemble a list of these >> fixes so they >> can be integrated into the Debian packages later.

Re: iMac G3 r128 - failed to load module "r128"

2021-02-27 Thread Jeffrey Walton
Hi Adrian, On Sat, Feb 27, 2021 at 6:33 AM John Paul Adrian Glaubitz wrote: > > On 5/23/20 9:52 PM, John Paul Adrian Glaubitz wrote: > > On 5/23/20 9:48 PM, Jeroen Diederen wrote: > >> I installed Debian Sid on an old iMac G3 500 with an ATI Rage 128 card. I > >> cannot > >> get X working. In

Re: iMac G3 r128 - failed to load module "r128"

2021-02-27 Thread John Paul Adrian Glaubitz
Hello! On 5/23/20 9:52 PM, John Paul Adrian Glaubitz wrote: > On 5/23/20 9:48 PM, Jeroen Diederen wrote: >> I installed Debian Sid on an old iMac G3 500 with an ATI Rage 128 card. I >> cannot >> get X working. In the /var/log/Xorg.0.log I can see that r128 module fails >> to load. >> I can not

Re: iMac G3 r128 - failed to load module "r128"

2020-05-26 Thread John Paul Adrian Glaubitz
On 5/26/20 10:43 AM, Jeroen Diederen wrote: > Another update. I used the patch as provided by Adrian. I rebuilt the driver > and installed it on the iMac G3 / 500. The patch makes X work much better, I > get a lot further now. Unfortunately, after a lot of fiddling around with > xorg.conf files

Re: iMac G3 r128 - failed to load module "r128"

2020-05-26 Thread Jeroen Diederen
Another update. I used the patch as provided by Adrian. I rebuilt the driver and installed it on the iMac G3 / 500. The patch makes X work much better, I get a lot further now. Unfortunately, after a lot of fiddling around with xorg.conf files and ModeLines and stuff I gave up for the moment.

Re: iMac G3 r128 - failed to load module "r128"

2020-05-24 Thread Jeroen Diederen
Hi Adrian, Here is a follow up on the iMac project. I built xserver-xorg-video-r128 from the buster source (6.12.0). I did not patch the source yet. After installing the driver and trying to start X I get the following: [ 259.895] X.Org X Server 1.20.8 X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0 [

Re: iMac G3 r128 - failed to load module "r128"

2020-05-23 Thread John Paul Adrian Glaubitz
On 5/23/20 9:55 PM, Jeroen Diederen wrote: > Can I build the driver myself and test it ? Sure. Just clone them from here [1] and build and install them. You might need this patch [2]. Adrian > [1] https://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/driver/xf86-video-r128/ > [2] >

Re: iMac G3 r128 - failed to load module "r128"

2020-05-23 Thread Jeroen Diederen
Can I build the driver myself and test it ? On 5/23/20 9:52 PM, John Paul Adrian Glaubitz wrote: Hi Jereon! On 5/23/20 9:48 PM, Jeroen Diederen wrote: I installed Debian Sid on an old iMac G3 500 with an ATI Rage 128 card. I cannot get X working. In the /var/log/Xorg.0.log I can see that r128

Re: iMac G3 r128 - failed to load module "r128"

2020-05-23 Thread John Paul Adrian Glaubitz
Hi Jereon! On 5/23/20 9:48 PM, Jeroen Diederen wrote: > I installed Debian Sid on an old iMac G3 500 with an ATI Rage 128 card. I > cannot > get X working. In the /var/log/Xorg.0.log I can see that r128 module fails to > load. > I can not find the xserver-org-video-r128 package. Can someone