Date: Wed, 22 Dec 2010 08:07:44 -0500 From: Super Bisquit <superbisquit@gmail.com> To: Marius Strobl <marius@alchemy.franken.de> Cc: freebsd-sparc64@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Everything is installed, X does not work completely Message-ID: <AANLkTimH-1e4XYxLT7K=tsb-wmm778afLWvxzPf__8p8@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20101218200517.GB96912@alchemy.franken.de> References: <AANLkTinU3mDeMqBmoZXjZ8xXe3eOWZoHJPOJxfuXfU_k@mail.gmail.com> <20101130213624.GA27167@alchemy.franken.de> <AANLkTinZDWoa=2Sw%2B4FDYz0dDhWhoEhY3O3zDatHJGH8@mail.gmail.com> <20101216172229.GA96912@alchemy.franken.de> <AANLkTi=7wU5bB4hYKkno0wLw7nZ9ONwYyvOxzdMS6qhb@mail.gmail.com> <AANLkTi=beQx4mCQgqPuejdm3Uh2GSWGeM0YioyRhXZDD@mail.gmail.com> <20101218200517.GB96912@alchemy.franken.de>
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I redid the installation. Only installed mach64 driver. I added the clock section, trying 28.636 then 29.5 as values. New xorg.conf.new http://slexy.org/view/s20yam1lZu Now the monitor blacks out, which is an improvement from a no signal call. New /var/log/Xorg.0.log http://slexy.org/view/s203VP3WtN I'm going to argue for the ">setenv output-device /path/to/graphics card" for reason that until I did so, the default was for the UPA/sunffb. So, the question is: "I have a connection to the monitor but a black screen with nothing, what am I missing from xorg.conf.new?" On Sat, Dec 18, 2010 at 3:05 PM, Marius Strobl <marius@alchemy.franken.de>wrote: > On Thu, Dec 16, 2010 at 08:48:01PM -0500, Super Bisquit wrote: > > http://slexy.org/view/s2yThC1dnb xorg.conf > > http://slexy.org/view/s20YSwsniH /var/log/Xorg.0.log. > > > > I removed the record extension from ../xorg/modules. > > The rate for 1280x1024x60 was set on OB prompt. > > The resolution set via the Open Firmware screen environment variable > only has an impact on the console and for X with Creator (3D) and > Elite 3D cards (for which no public documentation and not open source > mode setting code exists), but not on X when using xf86-video-ati. > > > As you see in the logfile, modules are disabled then enabled. > > The card is detected. > > I also set Options "AllowEmptyInput" "Off" so it wouldn't disable > devices. > > This should not be necessary if you kept the default of compiling > xorg-server without HAL support. > > > Now, there is no output to the monitor, just a blank screen. Rates are > set > > to manufacturer's descriptions. > > As I said before and as is also suggested in your Xorg.0.log you need > to set reference_clock, IIRC for an Rage XL you'll need: > Option "reference_clock" "28.636 MHz" > in the "Device" section of xorg.conf, but it also might be 29.5 MHz. > > > In theory, the screen should be active; but, in reality a lot of modules > > load with no result. > > This shouldn't matter; you'll see similar things on f.e. amd64/i386 > when drm(4) isn't available etc. > > > 1) Do I need to disable the framebuffer in xorg.conf or by sysctl? > > I don't get what you are trying to ask here. > > > 2) I see the refresh rates, modes, and etc in the logfile. Do I copy > these > > values to xorg.conf? > > I'm not sure what you are asking for here; what you should do once > output basically works is to add modelines for the resolutions you're > using according to the specification of CRT in order to get maximum > refresh rates. There's nothing sparc64-specific here, just follow one > of the usual guides/modline calculators. > > > 3) Do I need to run -v 9 when running X -config *new? I use that command > > from the /root with xorg.conf.new. > > I don't know what the former switch is supposed to do and I can't > find it in the manual page I've installed here. My guess would be > the intention is to use VT 9, which already should be the default > though. > > Marius > >
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