Date: Mon, 2 Apr 2012 11:19:44 -0400 From: Super Bisquit <superbisquit@gmail.com> To: Ian Chapman <packages@amiga-hardware.com> Cc: Torfinn Ingolfsen <torfinn.ingolfsen@broadpark.no>, freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Newbie - Mac G5 Dual PPC 970 @ 2Ghz Message-ID: <CA%2BWntOu8hzriTJL_yX2_26zSZgeYt8kOYYFcBdnagWpxfmu9gQ@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <4F79BD08.2040605@amiga-hardware.com> References: <4F798459.4000301@amiga-hardware.com> <20120402131132.78578915@zeta.dino.sk> <4F79A964.2070501@amiga-hardware.com> <CA%2BWntOuNfbd7Eht1174TdBgqX%2BqToS-n3-dqcq-vAN6r9R515A@mail.gmail.com> <4F79BD08.2040605@amiga-hardware.com>
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On Mon, Apr 2, 2012 at 10:51 AM, Ian Chapman <packages@amiga-hardware.com>wrote: > 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. The Xorg -configure -retro is needed so that you can edit the file. Run it as use pastebin so that we can see it. Also let us see your /etc/rc.conf setup. > 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<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 I haven't had a reason to use the radeon tool; however, I am speaking only for myself. > suffers the same issue. > > I've also looked at workarounds such as using a fbdev, which I don't think > is possible? Nope. Look in the tutorial. All xorg.conf examples shoe FBDev as off/false. > And as a long shot - trying the VESA driver but I never really expected > that to work. > Don't use the VESA driver as of yet. Make sure that the sysctl setting suggested in the tutorial- information came directly from this mailing list- are followed. Tingo is also on the forums. He may be able to offer help there- not a promise because I am not him. > > > -- > Ian Chapman. >
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