No GUI install

[Stefan Bruda]

Hi.

At 15:29 -0400 on 2003-7-4 Tap Pearson wrote:
 >
 > I am posting this message to both general and newbie because I was
 > not sure which list to ask this question on.

Don't worry, it seems that the newbie list is all but dead.

 > I have finally gotten YDL 3.0 to install and run after about 20
 > tries.  I have an iMac Rev. B with 256MB of ram and a 40GB drive
 > and the latest firmware upgrades from the Apple website.

I installed YDL 3 as a test on my older iMac (G3 350MHz, 2000 model,
not sure about the actual revision number).  The video adapter is, as
reported by XFree86, "ATI Rage 128 Pro VR PR (PCI)" (8Mb RAM).

 > The main thing that bugs me though is that I can not get the
 > graphical installer (Anaconda) to work. Is it something I am doing
 > wrong, or is it a configuration issue with my iMac?

I could not convince the GUI installer to fire up either.  In fact,
after installation the automatically generated XF86Config was all but
useless.  The card detection failed miserably for me, and I ended up
with an fbdev screen in very poor shape.  The good thing is that after
manually tweaking the config file I have now accelerated graphics.
The working XF86Config is included below.  The kernel arguments are

    video=aty128fb:vmode:16,cmode:32

DRI does work, but very, very slowly, so I do not recomment it.

One note with respect to timing: the pre-defined modelines do not work
well (the screen is shifted).  I used xvidtune and ended up with the
modeline included into the config file, namely

    Modeline     "1024x768" 78.5 1024 1033 1129 1308 768 769 772 796 +hsync +vsync

Good luck,
Stefan

------ begin of XF86Config ------
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"
	FontPath     "unix/:7100"
EndSection

Section "Module"
        Load  "dbe"
        Load  "extmod"
        Load  "record"
        Load  "xtrap"
        Load  "bitmap"
        Load  "freetype"
        Load  "speedo"
        Load  "type1"
#        Load  "dri"
        Load  "drm"
        Load  "glx"
        Load  "GLcore"
EndSection

Section "ServerFlags"
        # DPMS:
	Option	    "BlankTime" "5"
	Option	    "StandbyTime" "0"
	Option	    "SuspendTime" "0"
	Option	    "OffTime" "30"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
	Identifier  "Keyboard0"
	Driver      "keyboard"
	Option	    "XkbRules" "xfree86"
	Option	    "XkbModel" "macintosh"
	Option	    "XkbLayout" "us"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
	Identifier  "Mouse0"
	Driver      "mouse"
	Option	    "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
	Option	    "Protocol" "IMPS/2"
	Option	    "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
EndSection

Section "Modes"
	Identifier     "Modes0"

	# xvidtune--good (too close to the left hand side though)
	### ModeLine     "1024x768" 78.5 1024 1041 1137 1312 768 769 772 800 +hsync +vsync

	# xvidtune--better
	#Modeline     "1024x768" 78.5 1024 1037 1133 1312 768 769 772 800 +hsync +vsync
	Modeline     "1024x768" 78.5 1024 1033 1129 1308 768 769 772 796 +hsync +vsync

	# Generated
	# D: 78.740 MHz, H: 60.015 kHz, V: 75.019 Hz
	### Modeline "1024x768"  78.740  1024 1061 1157 1312 768 769 772 800 +HSync +VSync
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
	Identifier   "Monitor0"
	ModelName    "iMac Monitor"
	UseModes     "Modes0"
	HorizSync    30.0 - 130.0
	VertRefresh  50.0 - 160.0
	Option	    "DPMS"
EndSection

Section "Device"
	Identifier  "Card0"

	Driver      "ati"
        #BusID      "PCI:0:10:0"

	Option	    "UseFBDev"
	Option	    "AGPMode" "4"
EndSection

Section "Screen"

	#DefaultDepth	16
	Identifier "Screen0"
	Device     "Card0"
	Monitor    "Monitor0"
	DefaultDepth     24
	SubSection "Display"
		Depth     8
		Modes    "1024x768"
	EndSubSection
	SubSection "Display"
		Depth     16
		Modes    "1024x768"
	EndSubSection
	SubSection "Display"
		Depth     24
		Modes    "1024x768"
	EndSubSection
EndSection

Section "DRI"
	Group        0
	Mode         0666
EndSection

------ end of XF86Config ------

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