Re: XFree86 and iMac with ATI Rage 128 (fwd)
I saw a little error, this is the correction: Option "UseFBDev" "true" Stew Benedict wrote: > FYI > > Stew Benedict > > -- > MandrakeSoft > PPC FAQ: http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/ppcFAQ.php3 > IRC: irc.openproject.net #cooker-ppc > Archives: http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=mandrake-cooker-ppc&r=1&w=2 > > -- Forwarded message -- > Date: Sun, 1 Dec 2002 11:31:23 +0100 > From: Jeroen Diederen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: XFree86 and iMac with ATI Rage 128 > > Hi all, > > I now found out why XFree 4.2 was not working for the ATI RAGE 128 card in my > iMac 400 DV. I had to add ' Option "UseFDev" "true" ' in the XF86Config-4 > file. I also had to comment the 'load dri' (so #load dri), otherwise it > crashes. Is there not a neater way to do this to have dri support ? Because > with dri it looked much better... > > Jeroen Diederen > > PS Stew: For others this might be interesting as well, so you could forward > this message to the cooker-list
Re: XFree86 on early Imac
On Fri, 10 May 2002, Mark Reynolds wrote: > For the benefit of others I have resolved the by adding > Option "composite_sync" "off" > > in the display device section of XF86Config-4 > Great! - Sounds like an even better solution. ;^) Stew Benedict -- MandrakeSoft PPC FAQ: http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/ppcFAQ.php3
Re: XFree86 on early Imac
For the benefit of others I have resolved the by adding Option "composite_sync" "off" in the display device section of XF86Config-4 Mark On Friday 10 May 2002 5:38 pm, Mark Reynolds wrote: > Hi, > > I have managed to get Xfree86 up and running after moving the bad module in > /usr/X11/ etc but the screen blinks every few seconds once X is running. It > looks great in between the blinks. The graphics chip is an ATI rage pro > turbo PCI in an early tray cd imac, I have tried different ATI drivers and > screen resolutions but still the screen blacks out every few seconds. Has > anyone else experienced this or even better been able to resolve it. > > Any thoughts appreciated > > Mark Reynolds > > e-street.com
Re: XFree86 on early Imac
On Fri, 10 May 2002, Mark Reynolds wrote: > Hi, > > I have managed to get Xfree86 up and running after moving the bad module in > /usr/X11/ etc but the screen blinks every few seconds once X is running. It > looks great in between the blinks. The graphics chip is an ATI rage pro turbo > PCI in an early tray cd imac, I have tried different ATI drivers and screen > resolutions but still the screen blacks out every few seconds. Has anyone > else experienced this or even better been able to resolve it. > > Any thoughts appreciated > Edit /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 and replace Driver "ati" with Driver "fbdev" Stew Benedict -- MandrakeSoft PPC FAQ: http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/ppcFAQ.php3
Re: XFree86 Problems on iMac
Try replacing: Driver "r128" Driver "fbdev" This won't give you accellerated video or anything, but perhaps a usable X. I had those i2c issues on my iMac (rev B/mach 64), on this iteration of the XFree package, and was alternately able to get around it by renaming: /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/libi2c.a so it wouldn't load also. Currently I'm using fbdev on that machine. Stew Benedict -- MandrakeSoft PPC FAQ: http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/demos/PPC/FAQ/
Re: XFree86
On Mon, Mar 11, 2002 at 02:27:49PM -0500, Stew Benedict wrote: > > I figured it out just now. You did roll the changes in. However, you > > made a typo. On the TI Book Modeline you have two +vsync's. One of > > those should be a +hsync. > > > > fixed - thanks much Ben. Works good straight out of the box in 8.2beta2. So the fix is confirmed. fine print: except for kdm. -- Ben Reser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://ben.reser.org What difference does it make to the dead, the orphans, and the homeless, whether the mad destruction is wrought under the name of totalitarianism or the holy name of liberty and democracy? - Ghandi
Re: XFree86-4.2 on older TiBook -- experience
Stew Benedict wrote: >On Tue, 26 Mar 2002, isaac wrote: > >That XFree is known to be broken on r128. The next one will be OK. > Thanks. Not to put on any pressure because you're busy enough ... but do you have a guess about when the fixed one will be available? Also, is there some place to grab the old final set of the 4.1 XFree's? The ones I had to downgrade to are from an old backup.:(
Re: XFree86-4.2 on older TiBook -- experience
On Tue, 26 Mar 2002, isaac wrote: > hi, > > I just had the following fun experience trying to get the latest XFree > packages working on my TiBook (an older one with Rage 128 Mobility). > This was originally an 8.0 install, which is now almost in sync with cooker. > > first, went to runlevel 1 and REMOVED all the XF-4.1.x packages (rpm -e > --nodeps ...) > > next installed all the 4.2's minus some of the unnecessary fonts. > > it wouldn't work (tried telinit 5, startx, Xtart), here are the errors... > > Symbol xf86int10Addr from module > /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/drivers/r128_drv.o is unresolved! > Symbol xf86InitInt10 from module > /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/drivers/r128_drv.o is unresolved! > Symbol xf86FreeInt10 from module > /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/drivers/r128_drv.o is unresolved! > Symbol xf86FreeInt10 from module > /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/drivers/r128_drv.o is unresolved! > Symbol drmFreeBufs from module /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/drivers/r128_drv.o > is unresolved! > Symbol drmR128TextureBlit from module > /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/drivers/r128_drv.o is unresolved! > Symbol drmFreeBufs from module /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/drivers/r128_drv.o > is unresolved! > > (I have the whole XFree86.0.log file if anybody thinks that info can help) > That XFree is known to be broken on r128. The next one will be OK. > I guessed about several other packages needing to be updated, but this > didn't help either (glibc for one). I'm curious about how the > kernel-headers package # doesn't match the latest kernel available. Does > this matter at all? > kernel headers tracks glibc > Also, I corrected for the typo in /etc/X11 with hsync/vsync ... and > tried using a backup of my XF86Config-4 that works under 4.1.x ... to no > avail. > > Finally, I downgraded back to 4.1 and everything is mostly fine again. > Stew Benedict -- MandrakeSoft PPC FAQ: http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/demos/PPC/FAQ/
Re: XFree86-4.2 on older TiBook -- experience
On Tue, Mar 26, 2002 at 03:26:41PM +, isaac wrote: > first, went to runlevel 1 and REMOVED all the XF-4.1.x packages (rpm -e > --nodeps ...) > > next installed all the 4.2's minus some of the unnecessary fonts. > > it wouldn't work (tried telinit 5, startx, Xtart), here are the errors... Which XFree86 package? (i.e. rpm -q XFree86) -- Ben Reser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://ben.reser.org What difference does it make to the dead, the orphans, and the homeless, whether the mad destruction is wrought under the name of totalitarianism or the holy name of liberty and democracy? - Ghandi
Re: XFree86
On Mon, 11 Mar 2002, Ben Reser wrote: > On Mon, Mar 11, 2002 at 01:41:30PM -0500, Stew Benedict wrote: > > > > On Mon, 11 Mar 2002, Ben Reser wrote: > > > > > Doesn't work on my Titanium out of the box. In fact it never gives me > > > the option to test when I do the install. And when it boots up trying > > > to run kdm it just goes to a black screen. I installed my 8.0 > > > XF86Config-4 file and it works fine. > > > > > > > The lack of test during install is intentional. On some machines it never > > comes back. > > > > Can you send me both config files so I can see what broke? I thought I > > had rolled the changes you had made in 8.0 into the installer, but > > apparently not. > > I figured it out just now. You did roll the changes in. However, you > made a typo. On the TI Book Modeline you have two +vsync's. One of > those should be a +hsync. > fixed - thanks much Ben. Stew Benedict -- MandrakeSoftOH/TN, USA http://people.mandrakesoft.com/~sbenedict/ PPC FAQ: http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/demos/PPC/FAQ/ Cooker-PPC IRC: irc.openprojects.net/#cooker-ppc
Re: XFree86
On Mon, Mar 11, 2002 at 01:41:30PM -0500, Stew Benedict wrote: > > On Mon, 11 Mar 2002, Ben Reser wrote: > > > Doesn't work on my Titanium out of the box. In fact it never gives me > > the option to test when I do the install. And when it boots up trying > > to run kdm it just goes to a black screen. I installed my 8.0 > > XF86Config-4 file and it works fine. > > > > The lack of test during install is intentional. On some machines it never > comes back. > > Can you send me both config files so I can see what broke? I thought I > had rolled the changes you had made in 8.0 into the installer, but > apparently not. I figured it out just now. You did roll the changes in. However, you made a typo. On the TI Book Modeline you have two +vsync's. One of those should be a +hsync. -- Ben Reser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://ben.reser.org What difference does it make to the dead, the orphans, and the homeless, whether the mad destruction is wrought under the name of totalitarianism or the holy name of liberty and democracy? - Ghandi
Re: XFree86
On Mon, 11 Mar 2002, Ben Reser wrote: > Doesn't work on my Titanium out of the box. In fact it never gives me > the option to test when I do the install. And when it boots up trying > to run kdm it just goes to a black screen. I installed my 8.0 > XF86Config-4 file and it works fine. > The lack of test during install is intentional. On some machines it never comes back. Can you send me both config files so I can see what broke? I thought I had rolled the changes you had made in 8.0 into the installer, but apparently not. Stew Benedict -- MandrakeSoftOH/TN, USA http://people.mandrakesoft.com/~sbenedict/ PPC FAQ: http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/demos/PPC/FAQ/ Cooker-PPC IRC: irc.openprojects.net/#cooker-ppc
Re: XFree86-4.2.0-6mdk on Mach64
On Wed, 20 Feb 2002, cjw wrote:
> Hi,
>
> This version of the XFree86 package contains the gatos ati.2 drivers, but
> since my patch for PowerMacs was apparently never applied to the GATOS
> source, this X server crashes because it can't find a BIOS. Below a patch
> for this problem.
>
>
> Christiaan
>
>
> --- XFree86-4.2.0/xc/programs/Xserver/hw/xfree86/drivers/ati/atixv.c.bak Wed
>Feb 6 06:15:36 2002
> +++ XFree86-4.2.0/xc/programs/Xserver/hw/xfree86/drivers/ati/atixv.c Wed Feb 20
>14:45:34 2002
> @@ -1073,6 +1073,8 @@
>
> if(pATI->VBIOS==NULL){
> xf86DrvMsg(pScrn->scrnIndex, X_INFO, "Cannot access BIOS:
>info->VBIOS==NULL.\n");
> +pPriv->MM_TABLE_valid = FALSE;
> +return;
> }
>
> xf86DrvMsg(pScrn->scrnIndex, X_INFO, "0x%02x 0x%02x\n", pATI->VBIOS[0],
>
>
Thanks much! I'll see if we can get it added in. (I've got 2 Mach64's
here).
Stew Benedict
--
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Re: XFree86-4.1.0-19mdk and PPC..
On Thu, 18 Oct 2001, Stew Benedict wrote: SB> SB> On Wed, 17 Oct 2001, Ian White wrote: SB> SB> > SB> > Anybody got XFree86-4.1.0-19 to compile under PPC? Looks like we need a SB> > newer gcc. I get this part way through (sorry about the wrapping): SB> > SB> > cc1: Invalid option `-fno-merge-constants' SB> > make[1]: *** [arith.o] Error 1 SB> > make[1]: Leaving directory SB> > `/usr/src/RPM/BUILD/XFree86-4.1.0/xc/lib/font/Type1/module' SB> > SB> SB> I've submitted patches to Frederic that don't use -fno-merge-constants SB> to build (you could manually take it out of the .spec file), as well as SB> pull in new ATI drivers from CVS and Joshi's nVidea patch. We should see SB> a new version soon with these mods for PPC. Just taking the option out SB> will build it, but the ATI driver produces backwards text. I've read on debian-powerpc that a lot of the issues with Macs/iBook2 and graphics will be fixed in XFree 4.2. Hopefully this will be released before the freeze of Mandrake 8.2. -- Henrik Edlund <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://www.edlund.org/ "You're young, you're drunk, you're in bed, you have knives; shit happens." -- Angelina Jolie
Re: XFree86-4.1.0-19mdk and PPC..
On Thu, 18 Oct 2001, Stew Benedict wrote: > > I've submitted patches to Frederic that don't use -fno-merge-constants > to build (you could manually take it out of the .spec file), as well as > pull in new ATI drivers from CVS and Joshi's nVidea patch. We should see > a new version soon with these mods for PPC. Just taking the option out > will build it, but the ATI driver produces backwards text. Great! Of course Mandrake 8.2 will probably have XFree86 4.2.x anyway. But maybe the 4.1 driver works for other chips than Mach64... > If we go to the newer gcc, there's a whole new set of problems to deal > with. We started out with 2.96 before 8.0 and had a lot of problems with > it. Just move to gcc 3.x when appropriate. I don't think there is any support for gcc 2.96 on PPC (for x86 RedHat maintains it I suppose). Why isn't gcc 2.95.4 in mandrake btw? Christiaan
Re: XFree86-4.1.0-19mdk and PPC..
On Wed, 17 Oct 2001, Ian White wrote: > > Anybody got XFree86-4.1.0-19 to compile under PPC? Looks like we need a > newer gcc. I get this part way through (sorry about the wrapping): > > cc1: Invalid option `-fno-merge-constants' > make[1]: *** [arith.o] Error 1 > make[1]: Leaving directory > `/usr/src/RPM/BUILD/XFree86-4.1.0/xc/lib/font/Type1/module' > I've submitted patches to Frederic that don't use -fno-merge-constants to build (you could manually take it out of the .spec file), as well as pull in new ATI drivers from CVS and Joshi's nVidea patch. We should see a new version soon with these mods for PPC. Just taking the option out will build it, but the ATI driver produces backwards text. If we go to the newer gcc, there's a whole new set of problems to deal with. We started out with 2.96 before 8.0 and had a lot of problems with it. Stew Benedict -- MandrakeSoftOH/TN, USA http://perso.mandrakesoft.com/~sbenedict/ PPC FAQ: http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/demos/PPC/FAQ/
Re: XFree86-4.1.0-19mdk and PPC..
On Wed, 17 Oct 2001, Ben Reser wrote:
> I believe -fno-merge-constants is a x86 only thing. It's a compiler
> optimization that was added and turned on by default. That flag turns
> it off. If you compiler doesn't support it then it doesn't support the
> optimization either so removing it will not harm anything.
Hmm, forgot to make a fix for XFree86. Constants merging is not an
x86-only thing. It's just that option got backported to gcc-"2.96" and
3.0.x from gcc-3.1.
A patch is attached.
--- XFree86-4.spec~ Thu Oct 4 21:51:39 2001
+++ XFree86-4.spec Thu Oct 18 09:08:25 2001
@@ -526,6 +526,9 @@
# S3 driver
cd xc/programs/Xserver/hw/xfree86/drivers; bzcat %{SOURCE203} | tar xf -; cd -
+# Check for constants merging capabilities to disable
+NO_MERGE_CONSTANTS=$(if %{__cc} -fno-merge-constants -S -o /dev/null -xc /dev/null
+>/dev/null 2>&1; then echo "-fno-merge-constants"; fi)
+
cat >xc/config/cf/host.def <
Re: XFree86-4.1.0-19mdk and PPC..
On Wed, Oct 17, 2001 at 10:24:24PM -0700, Ian White wrote: > > Anybody got XFree86-4.1.0-19 to compile under PPC? Looks like we need a > newer gcc. I get this part way through (sorry about the wrapping): I believe -fno-merge-constants is a x86 only thing. It's a compiler optimization that was added and turned on by default. That flag turns it off. If you compiler doesn't support it then it doesn't support the optimization either so removing it will not harm anything. -- Ben Reser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://ben.reser.org "To fight and conquer in all our battles is not supreme excellence. Supreme excellence consists in breaking the enemy's resistance without fighting." -Chinese philosopher Sun Tzu
RE: XFree86 4.1.0 on beige g3
Out of pure curiosity, why don't you use xfs? Other than its a real pain if you try to run startx from runlevel 1 ;-) --JES -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of cjw Sent: Monday, September 24, 2001 7:46 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: XFree86 4.1.0 on beige g3 Hi, XFree86-server 4.1.0 gives me garbled text in most fonts. Both with source package from cooker that I compiled myself and with the binary someone referred to in a previous mail on this list. The characters are almost written in reverse order. Any idea what causes this? I don't use the X font server. greetings, Christiaan _ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com
