Date: Mon, 14 Apr 2014 11:39:15 +0200 From: =?iso-8859-1?Q?Tilman_Keskin=F6z?= <arved@FreeBSD.org> Cc: powerpc@freebsd.org, x11@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Xorg on FreeBSD 10.x. Mac mini G4: black screen Message-ID: <0CB59818-9EC1-4230-8E6B-35CCD6EB7010@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <20140414091744.GB22618@FreeBSD.org> References: <534A7559.1010309@FreeBSD.org> <20140414091744.GB22618@FreeBSD.org>
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Thanks Nathan, You pointed me in the right direction.=20 After changing my windowmanager to xterm,=20 i noticed that mouse and keyboard aren't detected because hal was not = running. Because of this i couldn't do anything on the screen :). On Apr 14, 2014, at 11:17 , Alexey Dokuchaev wrote: >> Does anyone have X11 working on a G4 mac mini and might want to share >> his xorg.conf and what version he is running? >=20 > I have X11 more or less running on fresh -CURRENT. However, I don't = have > HW acceleration (I've reported it previously on the list couple of = times: > = http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-ppc/2014-March/006914.html). >=20 >> Section "Device" >> ### Available Driver options are:- >> ### Values: <i>: integer, <f>: float, <bool>: "True"/"False", >> ### <string>: "String", <freq>: "<f> Hz/kHz/MHz" >> ### [arg]: arg optional >> #Option "NoAccel" # [<bool>] >> Option "NoAccel" >=20 > Why did you need to uncomment "NoAccel"? Yes, Without this i just get some pixels moving on the screen and the = console does not recover after terminating the process.=20 =46rom what i read on the list, it may be because DRI is broken. I will have to try to disable it. Unfortunately w/o Acceleration everything is pretty slow, even console = scrolling in x-term >=20 >> #Option "R4xxATOM" # [<bool>] >> #Option "ForceLowPowerMode" # [<bool>] >> #Option "DynamicPM" # [<bool>] >> #Option "NewPLL" # [<bool>] >> #Option "ZaphodHeads" # <str> >=20 > I have Option "UseFBDev" "false" here in mine; you might also need it; = while > X.org will complain that "Option "UseFBDev" is not used" in the log, I = still > think it helps (at the early stage?) to select correct video device = (e.g. ATI > driver vs. framebuffer mode). >=20 > I also had to specify exact modeline for my LCD monitor in "Monitor" = section > = (http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-ppc/2014-March/006916.html), = but > that might be due to adapter usage. >=20 > Do you have set sysctl hw.ofwfb.relax_mmap=3D1? (It's hard to tell = without > seeing your /var/log/Xorg.0.log.) Nathan is right; you should start a = few > different programs in ~/.xinitrc that create windows, e.g: The relax_mmap check is default in 10.x. My monitor gets probed = correctly.
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