Date: Fri, 8 Oct 2010 15:28:09 -0400 From: Alex Deucher <alexdeucher@gmail.com> To: Super Biscuit <super_bisquit@yahoo.com> Cc: freebsd-x11@freebsd.org, xorg@freedesktop.org Subject: Re: Xorg configuration fails on G4 Powermac Message-ID: <AANLkTi=5_aYMAByLxyNkGSyy0VwcZiL2tRzWHof0kCHi@mail.gmail.com> 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>
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On Fri, Oct 8, 2010 at 2:44 PM, Super Biscuit <super_bisquit@yahoo.com> 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 <peterjeremy@acm.org> wrote: > > From: Peter Jeremy <peterjeremy@acm.org> > Subject: Re: Xorg configuration fails on G4 Powermac > To: "Super Biscuit" <super_bisquit@yahoo.com> > 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 <super_bisquit@yahoo.com> 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
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