Getting X to work on a iBook G4 1.2Ghz

[Thierry de Coulon]

On Saturday 04 September 2004 17:35, Andrew Zschetzsche wrote:
> ATI Mobility Radeon 9200 with 32 mb video memory

That's the problem. ATI's drivers are crappy on i386, don't expect better on 
PPC. THe only working config for a G4 I coulf find is:

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Section "Module" 
# Load "GLcore" 
        Load "bitmap" 
        Load "dbe" 
        Load "ddc" 
# Load "dri" 
        Load "extmod" 
        Load "freetype" 
# Load "glx" 
        Load "int10" 
# Load "pex5" 
        Load "record" 
# Load "speedo" 
        Load "type1" 
        Load "vbe" 
        Load "xie" 
EndSection 


Section "InputDevice" 
        Identifier "Generic Keyboard" 
        Driver "keyboard" 
        Option "CoreKeyboard" 
        Option "XkbRules" "xfree86" 
        Option "XkbModel" "macintosh" 
        Option "XkbLayout" "us" 
EndSection 


Section "InputDevice" 
        Identifier "Configured Mouse" 
        Driver "mouse" 
        Option "CorePointer" 
        Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice" 
        Option "Protocol" "ImPS/2" 
        Option "Emulate3Buttons" "true" 
        Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5" 
EndSection 


Section "Device" 
        Identifier "Generic Video Card" 
        Driver "ati" 
# BusID "PCI:0:16:0" 
# Option "UseFBDev" "true" 
EndSection 


Section "Monitor" 
        Identifier "Generic Monitor" 
        HorizSync 30-80 
        VertRefresh 50-80 
# Option "DPMS" 
EndSection 


Section "Screen" 
        Identifier "Default Screen" 
        Device "Generic Video Card" 
        Monitor "Generic Monitor" 
        DefaultDepth 24 
        SubSection "Display" 
                Depth 24 
                Modes "1280x1024" 
        EndSubSection 
EndSection 


Section "ServerLayout" 
        Identifier "Default Layout" 
        Screen "Default Screen" 
        InputDevice "Generic Keyboard" 
        InputDevice "Configured Mouse" 
EndSection 


#Section "DRI" 
# Mode 0666 
#EndSection
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Maybe you can fond something usefull in there.

good luck,

Thierry

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