X setup on imac G4 superdrive

[Dan Burcaw]

The Nvidia GeForce 4 is completely unsupported right now..
and I'm not sure this is going to improve anytime soon :(

On Mon, 2002-10-28 at 03:45, shinjisfriend@netcourrier.com wrote:
> Hi all. I am trying to configure X on an 17'' Imac G4 with the
> superdrive. It is marked as supported on the website, but the default
> fddev configuration only work for me in 8bits/static color, which is
> just plain ugly.. I tried the nv driver from XFree (with the open
> firmware fbdev), without success.
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> I am quite motivated to get this setup up and running : I tried a
> recent benh kernel to see if the fbdev support has improved, with no
> success. At a last resort, I compiled a fresh XFree from CVS. the card is=
 now recognized (as a Geforce 4 Go), but I still get a black
> screen. It may be a minor ppc porting issue as the X server does not
> crash. I can see the mouse events in the log from an ssh connection...
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> So, to sum up, I would like to know if someone has already got an
> acceptable setup with this imac model. I have a good linux background, bu=
t I am used to the relative good hardware support of linux x86 and I may ha=
ve forgotten things during my experiments with X and fb devices. I have see=
n in a previous post that YellowDog people are also working to improve the =
graphical installation for the new models - I will share with them any info=
rmation I could get.
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> Thanks in advance
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> Cyril Hansen
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