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Date:      Wed, 15 Oct 2008 23:59:28 +1100
From:      Horst =?ISO-8859-1?Q?G=FCnther?= Burkhardt III <horst@sxemacs.org>
To:        FreeBSD PowerPC ML <freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: X hassles - "Device not found"
Message-ID:  <1224075568.10591.22.camel@horst-tla>
In-Reply-To: <48F5E51B.7020207@freebsd.org>
References:  <1224067336.10591.17.camel@horst-tla> <48F5E51B.7020207@freebsd.org>

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On Wed, 2008-10-15 at 06:42 -0600, Peter Grehan wrote:

> > (WW) xf86EnableIO 5
> > (II) xf86EnableIO: ffffffff
> > (WW) Can't map IO space!
>=20
>   Try a 'sysctl hw.ofwfb.relax_mmap=3D1' before starting X. The Xorg ATI=20
> driver attempts to mmap more memory than the card reports, and the OFW=20
> syscons driver thinks this is an error.
>=20
>   However, since X hasn't fixed this in years now, it's probably time to=20
> remove the check since every user trips up on it :(

... Contrary to popular opinion, X.Org don't make improvements between
releases. They just find ways to make things more bloated. A lot like
Microsoft, then. ;-)=20

(note the above was a joke)

next error :=20

(EE) R128: Failed to load module "fbdevhw" (module does not exist, 0)
(EE) Screen(s) found, but none have a usable configuration.

^^ where do I find this mysterious "fbdevhw" ? Also how do I make "1"
the default state for hw.ofwfb.relax_mmap ? (so I don't need to do it
each restart) ...=20

Thanks :)

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