Date: Sun, 03 Nov 2013 17:06:16 -0600 From: Nathan Whitehorn <nwhitehorn@freebsd.org> To: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Christoph_Gr=FCll?= <chris.gruell@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org Subject: Re: No X on PowerMac G5 Message-ID: <3A34BE70-0C15-4199-B422-2C39279B47FA@freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <CACdiCwbist0rfRmdBug2aEcSgkru-iDxbUzZ2CCBWA%2B4TAkWpQ@mail.gmail.com> References: <CACdiCwbist0rfRmdBug2aEcSgkru-iDxbUzZ2CCBWA%2B4TAkWpQ@mail.gmail.com>
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On Nov 3, 2013, at 4:30 PM, Christoph Gr=FCll wrote: > Hello there :) > > Recently installed FreeBSD on my PowerMac G5 7,3 2.0DP and just wow, > it works great! > But not X ... > > I read several guides, tried to use vesa instead of ati (ATI 9600), > tried to turn off AllowEmptyInput and UseFBDev, etc, nothing really > work. Build and rebuild X with and without HAL support. I always get > the same error. Here's the thread showing my work: > http://forums.freebsd.org/showthread.php?p=3D238735 VESA won't work on PPC since you (presumably) don't have a PC BIOS on =20= the card. ATI should work just fine, though, so long as you set =20 "UseFBDev" to "Off" in your xorg.conf file. Could you try with X -=20 verbose 9 -logverbose 9 and send the result if it still doesn't work? -Nathan=
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