Date: Fri, 4 Apr 2014 23:43:03 -0400 From: Julio Merino <jmmv@freebsd.org> To: freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Cannot get X to work (G5, NV34) Message-ID: <CAFY7cWD5x0ZfrW_2GgTS89dziHUGvReOrdPF67zN8=Y9rE_FGw@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20140404032100.GA31171@mastodon.meroh.net> References: <20140404032100.GA31171@mastodon.meroh.net>
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On Thu, Apr 3, 2014 at 11:21 PM, Julio Merino <jmmv@freebsd.org> wrote: > Hello all, > > I am trying to get X.Org to work on my PowerMac G5 and haven't been > successful at it. (Actually, this was working fine a few months ago > when I originally got the machine... but it won't now... so either > it's because I'm not configuring something right or because something > somewhere has changed.) > > Whenever I type startx, the screen blinks for a moment and then the > server gives up. > > I'm pasing below some logging information along comments. Keep an > eye on the "NOTE" comment at the beginning of every section. Dug some more details by rebuilding the server, driver and related libraries with WITH_DEBUG=yes. There seem to be a problem in the libpciaccess library, which is apparently broken for non-x86 machines. Filed PR ports/188278 with the relevant details.
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