Very Computer

by **Peter Gade Jense** » Thu, 10 Jan 2002 11:26:07

i'm running kernel 2.4.17 and xf86 4.1 and i'm trying to get X to start.
It starts fine but the screen goes blank(turns off) and i have to kill
it through a remote connection. Theres no errors in the /etc/Xfree86.log ?
What am I doing wrong?

/peter

by **Ted Flu** » Sat, 26 Jan 2002 14:33:35

Did you try running Xautoconfig4 (I think that's what it's called)?

tf

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> i'm running kernel 2.4.17 and xf86 4.1 and i'm trying to get X to start.
> It starts fine but the screen goes blank(turns off) and i have to kill
> it through a remote connection. Theres no errors in the /etc/Xfree86.log ?
> What am I doing wrong?

> /peter

by **Niklas Werne** » Sat, 26 Jan 2002 20:11:41

Quote:>>i'm running kernel 2.4.17 and xf86 4.1 and i'm trying to get X to start.
>> It starts fine but the screen goes blank(turns off) and i have to kill
>>it through a remote connection. Theres no errors in the /etc/Xfree86.log ?
>>What am I doing wrong?

Use exactly the modes from MacOS, the monitors are fixed frequency :-(
Either via FBDev or out together your own modeline (sorry, I can't
access the iMac I figured this out for the next few weeks)

Have fun*

Niklas

by **m..** » Sat, 26 Jan 2002 22:35:42

On Jan 25, Niklas Werner's scribe wrote thus:

>Date: Fri, 25 Jan 2002 12:11:41 +0100

>Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.powerpc
>Subject: Re: XFree86 on iMac 233 with mach64

>>>i'm running kernel 2.4.17 and xf86 4.1 and i'm trying to get X to start.
>>> It starts fine but the screen goes blank(turns off) and i have to kill
>>>it through a remote connection. Theres no errors in the /etc/Xfree86.log ?
>>>What am I doing wrong?

>Use exactly the modes from MacOS, the monitors are fixed frequency :-(
>Either via FBDev or out together your own modeline (sorry, I can't
>access the iMac I figured this out for the next few weeks)

>Have fun*

>Niklas

I'm using XFree 4.1 with kernel 2.4.18pre7 on a iMac 266 and this config
works for me. You may like to try this. Have fun. :)

--
Marc

Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "XFree86 Configured"
Screen 0 "Screen0" 0 0
InputDevice "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
EndSection

Section "Files"
RgbPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/rgb"
ModulePath "/usr/X11R6/lib/modules"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/local/"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc/"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Type1/"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/CID/"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Speedo/"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/"
EndSection

Section "Module"
Load "GLcore"
Load "dbe"
# SubSection "extmod"
# Option "omit xfree86-dga" # don't initialise the DGA extension
# EndSubSection
Load "type1"
Load "speedo"
Load "extmod"
Load "xie"
Load "pex5"
Load "glx"
Load "dri"
Load "dbe"
Load "record"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Keyboard0"
Driver "keyboard"
Option "XkbDisable"
Option "XkbModel" "pc101"
Option "XkbLayout" "us"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Mouse0"
Driver "mouse"
Option "Protocol" "IMPS/2"
Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Monitor0"
VendorName "Apple Computer"
ModelName "iMac"
HorizSync 58-62
VertRefresh 50-130
EndSection

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 "accel" "False" # [<bool>]
#Option "crt_screen" # [<bool>]
#Option "composite_sync" # [<bool>]
Option "hw_cursor" "True" # [<bool>]
Option "mmio_cache" "True" # [<bool>]
#Option "probe_clocks" # [<bool>]
#Option "reference_clock" # <freq>
Option "shadow_fb" "True" # [<bool>]
#Option "sw_cursor" # [<bool>]
Identifier "Card0"
Driver "ati"
VendorName "ATI"
BoardName "Mach64 GP"
ChipSet "ati"
ChipId 0x4750
ChipRev 0x5c
BusID "PCI:0:18:0"
EndSection

Section "Modes"
Identifier "Modes0"
# NB: no modes here forces 4.1.0 to scan valid modes
EndSection

Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen0"
Device "Card0"
Monitor "Monitor0"
DefaultDepth 24
SubSection "Display"
Depth 24
Modes "1024x768"
EndSubSection
EndSection