From owner-freebsd-ppc@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Apr 2 14:52:01 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 29009106564A; Mon, 2 Apr 2012 14:52:01 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from packages@amiga-hardware.com) Received: from mirkwood.electric-dreams.org (mirkwood.electric-dreams.org [IPv6:2a01:7e00::f03c:91ff:fe93:1cd]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 98EBE8FC08; Mon, 2 Apr 2012 14:52:00 +0000 (UTC) Received: from nyx.homenet.lan (124-169-239-244.dyn.iinet.net.au [124.169.239.244]) (authenticated bits=0) by mirkwood.electric-dreams.org (8.14.5/8.14.4) with ESMTP id q32EprnA032710 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-CAMELLIA256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Mon, 2 Apr 2012 14:51:56 GMT Message-ID: <4F79BD08.2040605@amiga-hardware.com> Date: Mon, 02 Apr 2012 22:51:52 +0800 From: Ian Chapman User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:11.0) Gecko/20120329 Thunderbird/11.0.1 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Super Bisquit References: <4F798459.4000301@amiga-hardware.com> <20120402131132.78578915@zeta.dino.sk> <4F79A964.2070501@amiga-hardware.com> In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.9 required=10.0 tests=ALL_TRUSTED,BAYES_00 autolearn=ham version=3.3.2 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.3.2 (2011-06-06) on mirkwood.electric-dreams.org Cc: Torfinn Ingolfsen , freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Newbie - Mac G5 Dual PPC 970 @ 2Ghz X-BeenThere: freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting FreeBSD to the PowerPC List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 02 Apr 2012 14:52:01 -0000 On 04/02/2012 10:12 PM, Super Bisquit wrote: > Anyway the real stumbling block is getting X to work. > > You'll need to do Xorg -configure -retro. Thanks for the help. I had already tried this, but I've just tried it again to be certain and the end result is the same, ie bus error 10. Xorg -configure has always worked with or without the retro option but the bus error still happens when you start X after configuring. Incidentally Xorg -configure produces an indentical xorg.conf to Xorg -configure -retro. Should I be expecting to see a difference? A quick search suggests it just primarily displays the classic X hatched background and cursor. > The tutorial at the forums- a group project by direct and indirect input > from the mailing list members- has a few pointers. > http://forums.freebsd.org/showthread.php?t=13827 > I know that Torfinn and Nathan both have such a machine. I'll add them > as a CC to the message to see if they can add a little of something. Thanks for the link. I've seen it and tried the pointers several times in the last few days searching Google for some hints at what might be wrong :-). Everything seems as it should be. Either way, I have my doubts that it's anything directly to do with how X is configured radeontool suffers the same issue. I've also looked at workarounds such as using a fbdev, which I don't think is possible? And as a long shot - trying the VESA driver but I never really expected that to work. -- Ian Chapman.