From owner-freebsd-x11@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Oct 8 19:28:13 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-x11@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0B1961065672 for ; Fri, 8 Oct 2010 19:28:13 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from alexdeucher@gmail.com) Received: from mail-fx0-f54.google.com (mail-fx0-f54.google.com [209.85.161.54]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 91C558FC19 for ; Fri, 8 Oct 2010 19:28:12 +0000 (UTC) Received: by fxm4 with SMTP id 4so636762fxm.13 for ; Fri, 08 Oct 2010 12:28:11 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:received:in-reply-to :references:date:message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; bh=Pq61aLHEqXAEvznG//zHOKZuFmdfXCYf8x/sBCTUPkU=; b=Iiwh5PHEOOxyXs5xaQJsv622htbO9EXjOc04Y/eBtNI1xc1rADY2A8MthAN+mQrzV9 dwxnjDk4ZpsgjkXBgYtRwRpK+cgzCixeF4475IJzuGOPmyClJLS2dFOsFJlqw+O1e7cc jfqvmgiB+FatUOmU8dWJUEIlHSzR9URc3fnpw= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=udCK0wJ9NfDsrUKdyCq30WkeCrqejUt61U5G83bcNYuZaZS8SOMNXfb7NwrJMJET49 k+oSyEMEyuaIsv/GveP74mDFCH7cvvLwow/GWpbkXJsnRr2JjY9ohl69qElFlOi8qbaj kAOWUM7R61JmJq59d9rv2MucqMgHqVKhV+4G8= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.223.1.133 with SMTP id 5mr3772483faf.18.1286566089854; Fri, 08 Oct 2010 12:28:09 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.223.107.72 with HTTP; Fri, 8 Oct 2010 12:28:09 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <425271.6208.qm@web110102.mail.gq1.yahoo.com> References: <20101008020715.GA66045@server.vk2pj.dyndns.org> <425271.6208.qm@web110102.mail.gq1.yahoo.com> Date: Fri, 8 Oct 2010 15:28:09 -0400 Message-ID: From: Alex Deucher To: Super Biscuit Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Cc: freebsd-x11@freebsd.org, xorg@freedesktop.org Subject: Re: Xorg configuration fails on G4 Powermac X-BeenThere: freebsd-x11@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: X11 on FreeBSD -- maintaining and support List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 08 Oct 2010 19:28:13 -0000 On Fri, Oct 8, 2010 at 2:44 PM, Super Biscuit wro= te: > > I'd like for it to be noted that the cards aren't working properly. The O= pen Firmware"BIOS" path is incomplete. This has been noted on the freebsd-x= 11 and xorg mailing lists along with the freebsd ppc mailing list. > I have tried all options offered to me with none working. > please let me knw which individuals that I need to file a bug report- or = multiple bug reports to- on these mailing lists. > Thank you. OF needs to init both cards for them to be usable by X. For now you'll probably only have luck with whichever card OF initialized. Alex > > --- On Fri, 10/8/10, Peter Jeremy wrote: > > From: Peter Jeremy > Subject: Re: Xorg configuration fails on G4 Powermac > To: "Super Biscuit" > Cc: freebsd-x11@freebsd.org, xorg@freedesktop.org > Date: Friday, October 8, 2010, 2:07 AM > > On 2010-Oct-07 06:03:10 -0700, Super Biscuit wr= ote: > >I've tried the xorg.conf.new with both the options you suggested and Den= ise suggested. Same results: no detection for mga g400/450, blank screen fo= r radeon. > >I'm curious as to whether or not I need to add the horiz and vert values= to the monitor section. > > Can I suggest adding a "Virtual 1280 1024" (sized appropriately) to > each 'SubSection "Display"' of each 'Section "Screen"'.=A0 I ran into > some wierd problems with multiple screens and found that the virtual > size isn't correctly initialised unless it's explicitly specified. > > That said, I suspect that the underlying problem is: > >(WW) VGA arbiter: cannot open kernel arbiter, no multi-card support > > ISTR, there is no longer any support for multiple video cards in > FreeBSD - I believe Xorg7.4 relies on external functionality that > FreeBSD doesn't have.=A0 Can you try removing one of the > screen/device/monitor sections and see if it works? > > -- > Peter Jeremy > > -----Inline Attachment Follows----- > > _______________________________________________ > xorg@lists.freedesktop.org: X.Org support > Archives: http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/xorg > Info: http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/xorg > Your subscription address: super_bisquit@yahoo.com > > _______________________________________________ > xorg@lists.freedesktop.org: X.Org support > Archives: http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/xorg > Info: http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/xorg > Your subscription address: alexdeucher@gmail.com