Date: Sat, 8 Nov 2008 18:49:26 -0500 From: Justin Hibbits <jrh29@alumni.cwru.edu> To: freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org Subject: Re: PowerMac G4 graphics issue Message-ID: <20081108234926.GA29207@narn.knownspace> In-Reply-To: <762295.44650.qm@web33105.mail.mud.yahoo.com> References: <20081108120019.440D2106570D@hub.freebsd.org> <762295.44650.qm@web33105.mail.mud.yahoo.com>
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On Sat, Nov 08, 2008 at 02:06:21PM -0800, Chris Bigguy wrote: > This is for Justin and Horst both - > > Just today I've FINALLY gotten Debian linux to work properly on my Power Mac Digital Audio with Nvidia graphics card. Getting the graphics right took many weeks to figure out, but I can now report the fix is easy. > > Edit the file /etc/X11/xorg.conf and change the value of "UseFBDev" from "true" to "false". This one change takes the system from not-working-at-all to OMG this is great! > > I'm hoping that for freebsd the fix is similar, if not identical. Please let me know. > > By the way, I have reason to believe that this fix is not required if an ATI graphics card is installed. > > All my best - Chris > Rochester, New York Chris- My problem isn't that X doesn't work, it's that any kind of access to the framebuffer memory "eventually" (after some period of activity) hangs the system. I don't know what is actually causing this, as I don't know what memory block is implicitly shared by the video memory and real memory, which makes this a very difficult problem to solve. And, yes, I do have an ATI card (9600). - Justin
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