Date: Sun, 13 Jan 2008 12:21:49 +0100 From: Torfinn Ingolfsen <torfinn.ingolfsen@broadpark.no> To: freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Xorg can't find my graphics card Message-ID: <20080113122149.06395c51.torfinn.ingolfsen@broadpark.no> In-Reply-To: <50155.74.170.92.99.1200190076.squirrel@grinzport.grinz.com> References: <50155.74.170.92.99.1200190076.squirrel@grinzport.grinz.com>
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On Sat, 12 Jan 2008 20:07:56 -0600 (CST) Ross Gohlke <developer@grinz.com> wrote: > Yes, I tried it first. Running this did not result in xorg.conf being > created in /root, or anywhere. OK. BTW, in case you dont know 'pciconf -lv | grep -B 4 VGA' will report what kind of video card you have. > I was working from the FreeBSD documentation: Good. > http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/x-config.html > X and Xorg seem to do the same thing. Yes, X is a symlink to Xorg. > (WW) xf86EnableIO 5 > (II) xf86EnableIO: ffffffff > (WW) Can't map IO space! Aha, Here is a clue. Try 'sysctl hw.ofwfb.relax_mmap=1' before you use X, Xorg or startx. All that from an earlier thread[1] on this mailing list. References: 1) http://groups.google.com/group/lucky.freebsd.ppc/browse_thread/thread/f0c48b804f6e4026/3b894d8be1fe7a35?lnk=st&q=xorg-server+1.4_2%2C1+fails+on+RELENG_7#3b894d8be1fe7a35 HTH -- Regards, Torfinn Ingolfsen
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