PowerBook5,6? (was: Mac mini)
On Thu, Apr 07, 2005 at 04:56:18PM +1000, Benjamin Herrenschmidt wrote: > On Thu, 2005-04-07 at 08:44 +0200, Colin Leroy wrote: > > On Thu, 07 Apr 2005 15:48:43 +1000 > > Benjamin Herrenschmidt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > the nice toy is unfortunately ... back at Apple for repairs. > > > > Ah, the joys of Apple's Rev A hardware :) > > Heh... well, yesterday, I also finally got to play with the iMac G5 that > IBM ordered a while ago (just delivered) and ... it was DOA (Dead On > Arrival). A nice brick, but still a brick ... going back to Apple too :( Seems you have bad luck with getting new apple hardware to be bale to hack it. So did you get your hands on a Powerbook5,6 meanwhile ? ;-) I though you had mentioned that a friend of yours had ordered one and it would be ironic if this also would have gone back apple... I am having a post Februaray Powerbook5,6 here with German keyboard and having sound and better sleep support would be great. Someone told me that xorg releases could do external SVGA mirroring for the previous powerbook models 15" with ati. Did somebody test this with the new February Powerbook 15" model? lspci -v :00:10.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc RV350 [Mobility Radeon 9600 M10] (prog-if 00 [VGA]) Subsystem: ATI Technologies Inc RV350 [Mobility Radeon 9600 M10] Flags: bus master, 66MHz, medium devsel, latency 255, IRQ 48 Memory at b800 (32-bit, prefetchable) [size=128M] I/O ports at 802400 [size=256] Memory at b000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=64K] Expansion ROM at f100 [disabled] [size=128K] Capabilities: [58] AGP version 2.0 Capabilities: [50] Power Management version 2 pgpZsifjkPw9Q.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: Sound drivers for newer machines: need help
PowerBook 15" post feb-2005: I can confirm the quoted readings and I am not getting another message by find like Ben. On Sat, Apr 09, 2005 at 10:50:30AM +0200, Johannes Berg wrote: > PowerBook5,6 > > > for i in `find /proc/device-tree -name layout-id -print`; do echo $i && > > hexdump -n4 $i; done > > /proc/device-tree/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/[EMAIL > PROTECTED]/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/sound/layout-id > 000 0046 > 004 On Sun, Apr 10, 2005 at 01:13:49PM +0100, Ben Hill wrote: > PowerBook5,6 > > for i in `find /proc/device-tree -name layout-id -print`; do echo $i && > > hexdump -n4 $i; done > > find: /proc/device-tree/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/[EMAIL > PROTECTED]/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/pulses/rev: No such file or directory > /proc/device-tree/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/[EMAIL > PROTECTED]/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/sound/layout-id > 000 0046 > 004 pgppHqQ0Tmixs.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: [PATCH] pmac: Improve sleep code of tumbler driver
On Mon, Apr 11, 2005 at 10:45:00AM +0200, Colin Leroy wrote: > On Mon, 11 Apr 2005 18:34:34 +1000 > Benjamin Herrenschmidt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Mon, 2005-04-11 at 10:18 +0200, Colin Leroy wrote: > > > I suppose it also fixes the occasionnal loud static noise that > > > sometimes at wakeup, for example on iBook G4s. Good :) Just a side comment: I had static noise with my lombard for a while. My lombard developed really strange habits and is in non-usable state now. Still this sound problem was there and the bug only got closed because the maintainer did not believe me. :( http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=259352&archive=yes > > I don't know, tell me. I didn't know about this problem. > > It was reported here: > http://lists.debian.org/debian-powerpc/2005/01/msg00781.html > > I didn't personnaly report it because it was hard to track it down; > it'd happen about once in twenty resumes (more often when you're in a > quiet place with strangers around, evidently, according to Murphy's > law), and nothing unusual appeared in dmesg (even with SND_DEBUG, which > doesn't debug much on ppc anyway). I just got used to mute the ibook > before sending it to sleep. pgpVnm2Rxl4po.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: Noise in X bitmaps. Beige G3.
On Mon, Apr 11, 2005 at 11:50:30AM +0100, David Deans wrote: > I'm currently running Debian Linux Sarge on an old beige Powermac G3, > 266Mhz. Up till now I have run the machine without X without problems, > However, X seems to suffer from occasional problems in rendering the > screen. Every now and again, X will render a bitmap or a window with a > whole bunch of noise in it. You can "clear" the noise away by running > a window slowly over the affected area, but it usually returns. > > Is this a common problem? > Kernel: 2.6.8 > Memory: 92.1MB > Video: 2Meg, ATI Rage Pro. I do not use the framebuffer. My old lombard used to render artifacts in images and it was introduced at some point with an update of the xserver. It also had a rage pro. You could try switching off some hardware acceleration options as I found some emails saying the hardware had problems with some of those. This worked for me with vectors, it might help with images, too. For reference see: http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=268015 > Monitor: M1212 Color display > Boot system: BootX on MacOS9 startup. > > I've included by XF86Config file incase it is of any use. pgpUrAUhJqrSi.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: [PATCH] pmac: Improve sleep code of tumbler driver
On Mon, Apr 11, 2005 at 05:25:56PM +0200, Wouter van Heyst wrote: > > Just a side comment: > > I had static noise with my lombard for a while. > > My lombard developed really strange habits and is in non-usable state now. > > Still this sound problem was there and the bug only got closed > > because the maintainer did not believe me. :( > > What strange habits? It all started gradually with it sometimes not coming back from sleep. This was when I tested 2.6.x with x<=8 kernels from Debian. Going back to old kernels did not help, though they did run nicely for a longer period. Later it got worse: The timer made pauses, the system time was off afterwards, though the hardware clock was still fine. Disk and mouse would still move, but any command that needed a signal for time would not work (e.g. sleep 1) on a shell would pause for a minute. The machine did not make computing mistakes, it just took a break. This started after I compiled a lot of KDE stuff during a few hacking days at aKademy, so maybe this has something to do with overheating. Currently the system sometimes does not start up at all. Even when doing a reset there is not startup sound or it hard freezes a few minutes later. I did try the test CD from Apple, but could not find anything. No MacOS on that machine anymore. I zapped the nvram several time now, without further help and my diagnosis is that the hardware has some problems. Bernhard pgp8IjrvQZhyj.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: [PATCH] pmac: sound support for latest laptops
On Tue, Apr 12, 2005 at 10:59:20PM -0700, Brian C wrote: > Sorry to be dense, but could someone explain step-by-baby-step how to > apply that patch? I've got a new Powerbook I'd like to try it on, but > don't know exactly how to proceed. First you need to be able to compile, set up and run your own kernel. There should be enough written documentation for this already. Then you save the patch file and use the command patch to apply the changes to the source code before compiling your new kernel. http://www.linuxhq.com/patch-howto.html pgp9h1bc6M1Yl.pgp Description: PGP signature
External Monitor from PowerBook5,6
On Fri, Apr 08, 2005 at 09:11:40AM +1000, Benjamin Herrenschmidt wrote: > On Thu, 2005-04-07 at 17:07 +0200, Bernhard Reiter wrote: > > I am having a post Februaray Powerbook5,6 here with German keyboard > > > > Someone told me that xorg releases could do external SVGA mirroring > > for the previous powerbook models 15" with ati. Did somebody test this > > with the new February Powerbook 15" model? > > It should work Trying 6.8.2 I have problems. (there are nice instructions to compile it on http://blogs.vislab.usyd.edu.au/index.php/Steve/2004/09/09/installing_a_non_intrusive_x ) It seems that most options of Mirroring and the CRT2 in the radeon drivers need to use MergeFB. However so far I can only see something if I specify Option "UseFBDev" "true" and thus MergeFB gets disabled. When MergeFB is in place, even without error messages I have a black laptop screen (with one horizontal dark line in the lower part). Whether I have a second screen attached or not makes no difference. Trying multihead with two Screens after the example from http://www.johnleach.co.uk/documents/powerpc/XF86Config-4.dualhead also was not successful. I tried with VGA Flatpanel what has 1280x1024 dimensions. This was also unsuccessful. When enabling UseFBDev for the second screen then I could see something on it: Moving the mouse. Still it was not working in a way that it could be used at all. What should I try to come closer to a useful Mirror mode? Can somebody confirm that UseFBDev is required for the laptop panel? > > lspci -v > > :00:10.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc RV350 > > [Mobility Radeon 9600 M10] (prog-if 00 [VGA]) > > Subsystem: ATI Technologies Inc RV350 [Mobility Radeon 9600 M10] > > Flags: bus master, 66MHz, medium devsel, latency 255, IRQ 48 > > Memory at b800 (32-bit, prefetchable) [size=128M] > > I/O ports at 802400 [size=256] > > Memory at b000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=64K] > > Expansion ROM at f100 [disabled] [size=128K] > > Capabilities: [58] AGP version 2.0 > > Capabilities: [50] Power Management version 2 pgpDmMqMdHRBe.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: External Monitor from PowerBook5,6
On Thu, Apr 14, 2005 at 07:46:02PM +0930, John Steele Scott wrote: > Bernhard Reiter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I have mirroring working on my iBook G4 with a Radeon 9200. Xorg 6.8.2 does > not include the necessary code for this, so there are two things you can try: > > 1) Try Xorg HEAD. As Ubuntu seems to have a lot of patches in their packages, I will try HEAD. > 2) See what patches Ubuntu uses in their Xorg package. They have backported >some of Ben's work from HEAD, and so their Xorg (6.8.2-10) can do mirroring >at least on my iBook. Thanks for the hints! pgpo7dPSnfClZ.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: External Monitor from PowerBook5,6
On Thu, Apr 14, 2005 at 12:51:12PM +0200, Bernhard Reiter wrote: > On Thu, Apr 14, 2005 at 07:46:02PM +0930, John Steele Scott wrote: > > Bernhard Reiter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > I have mirroring working on my iBook G4 with a Radeon 9200. Xorg 6.8.2 does > > not include the necessary code for this, so there are two things you can > > try: > > > > 1) Try Xorg HEAD. > > I will try HEAD. Did CVS checkout and compiled. Strangely enough I had to restart compilation a few times because of compiler and assembler error. It always worked the second time on the same file. So now I have a fresh CVS build of xorg. I still cannot get a pictures without using "UseFBDev". There is also a (WW) INVALID IO ALLOCATION b: 0xf400 e: 0xf4ff correcting (EE) end of block range 0xefff < begin 0xf000 During various experiments I could see some output to the external monitor. When plugging it in while booting I get some traces from radeonfb, probably disorted because of the different sizes (laptop panel 1280x854, external 1280x1024.). When I try to only use the laptop screen without UseFBDEV, it fails. The screen stays dark. BTW: I am on 2.6.11 something here. Is the kernel crucial for this funcationality? pgpQNbymZbKpk.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: External Monitor from PowerBook5,6
On Thu, Apr 14, 2005 at 05:30:02PM +0200, Bernhard Reiter wrote: > So now I have a fresh CVS build of xorg. > > I still cannot get a pictures without using "UseFBDev". > There is also a > (WW) INVALID IO ALLOCATION b: 0xf400 e: 0xf4ff correcting > (EE) end of block range 0xefff < begin 0xf000 > > During various experiments I could see some output to the external monitor. > When plugging it in while booting I get some traces from radeonfb, > probably disorted because of the different sizes (laptop panel > 1280x854, external 1280x1024.). Strangely enough, if I try a dual head setup and UseFBDev on the external monitor I managed with one setting to get a display on both, though the background of the external monitor is not correct. The mouse can float over though. Trying to display a menu or window on the external monitor has effects on the first monitor, so this is not getting much closer. Hints badly wanted. pgp5KJ7jMyPTT.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: External Monitor from PowerBook5,6 not working
On Thu, Apr 14, 2005 at 06:02:05PM +0200, Bernhard Reiter wrote: > On Thu, Apr 14, 2005 at 05:30:02PM +0200, Bernhard Reiter wrote: > > > So now I have a fresh CVS build of xorg. > > > > I still cannot get a pictures without using "UseFBDev". This seems the first thing that should work I guess, pictures without UseFBDev. Am I right? Whom I could offer my help as tester? > > There is also a > > (WW) INVALID IO ALLOCATION b: 0xf400 e: 0xf4ff correcting > > (EE) end of block range 0xefff < begin 0xf000 > > > > During various experiments I could see some output to the external monitor. > > When plugging it in while booting I get some traces from radeonfb, > > probably disorted because of the different sizes (laptop panel > > 1280x854, external 1280x1024.). > > Strangely enough, if I try a dual head setup and UseFBDev on the external > monitor I managed with one setting to get a display on both, though > the background of the external monitor is not correct. The mouse > can float over though. Trying to display a menu or window on the > external monitor has effects on the first monitor, so this is not > getting much closer. > > Hints badly wanted. pgp5Ptojv5jhU.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: External Monitor from PowerBook5,6 not working
On Sat, Apr 16, 2005 at 09:59:23AM +1000, Benjamin Herrenschmidt wrote: > On Fri, 2005-04-15 at 12:04 +0200, Bernhard Reiter wrote: > > On Thu, Apr 14, 2005 at 06:02:05PM +0200, Bernhard Reiter wrote: > > > On Thu, Apr 14, 2005 at 05:30:02PM +0200, Bernhard Reiter wrote: > > > > > > > So now I have a fresh CVS build of xorg. > > > > > > > > I still cannot get a pictures without using "UseFBDev". > > Hrm... UseFBDev does not work with dual head. > If you are using X.org CVS > HEAD, it should work with VGA out (but not DVI yet). I am a bit in the dark how I should configure this. Shall I use "UseFBDev" and then what? As mentioned, I get unusable disorted output when the external monitor is plugged in via VGA (over the dvi port) and I am booting my kernel. But this is unrelated to the xserver. My understanding of Option "VGAAccess" from the manpage tells me that this is not the right option for this. pgpAp1uNGXK1d.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: State of Java on PPC
On Sat, Apr 16, 2005 at 09:18:30AM -0700, Wilhelm Fitzpatrick wrote: > > On Apr 16, 2005, at 9:10 AM, Paul J. Lucas wrote: > > > A few years ago, the state of Java on Linux/PPC was less than > > that of Java on x86. Has that improved? > > The state of Java on Linux/PPC has not really changed at all since a > year ago, that I am aware of. But I have heard that the Free Software implementations, like gcj and Classpath have made significant progress lately. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: making mouse event with keys
On Sun, Apr 17, 2005 at 01:03:46PM -0600, Mauro wrote: > On Sun, 2005-04-17 at 14:54 -0400, Tamas K Papp wrote: > > Hi, > > > > In I11, I would like certain keys (F11, F12) to behave as if I pressed > > the mouse buttons 2 or 3. Is it possible? Yes, the "showkey" or "xev" commands are your friends to find out what numbers those keys produce. Next put them into the files in /proc/sys/dev/mac_hid# ls mouse_button2_keycode mouse_button3_keycode mouse_button_emulation echo 1 >mouse_button_emulation > > I searched the list archives but found nothing, maybe I used the wrong > > keywords... > > > > Tamas > > If its an ibook, try reading towards the end of > http://ubuntuppc.webplazahosting.com/index.php?Sarge%20to%20Hoary -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: some way to start gtkbuttons at X startup
On Sat, Apr 23, 2005 at 11:34:32AM +0200, Matthias Grimm wrote: > On Fri, 22 Apr 2005 10:01:57 +0300 > Eddy Petrisor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > how do I "compile it with gnome session management" ? > > This would be nice enough. > > ./configure --with-gnome In gnome you could also add it to the applications for a session. Find the button to start gnome-session-properties (Usually under applications -> desktop settings -> complex). go to the tab "start applications" and "add". pgpZYP14rBWfw.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: External Monitor from PowerBook5,6 not working
More experiments getting any external monitor to work on a post-February 2005 PowerBook5,6 15". My goal is clone mode so I can use a beamer. I am using 2.6.12-rc3 now (I can confirm that sounds works) Using the DVI-to-VGA adaptor I connect a 17"flat panel. Booting up, the external monitor gets a signal, but stays blank. Starting up Xorg (CVS HEAD from two weeks ago) using UseFB, I get nothing on the external one. Trying no UseFB, it never finds a good mode for the second monitor and disables it, there is no display on the laptop panel then, like a switched off backlight. Here is a Xorg.log file, trying with MergeFB: http://intevation.de/Intevation/~bernhard/ppc/powerbook5,6/Xorg.0.log-mergefb-20050425 Starting the old Xfree4.3.x from debian I do get a picture on the external monitor from then on. It stays disorted, though. The best I could get was a correctly looking mouse pointer or disorted stuff. As I do get _some_ output on the external monitor, maybe this is only a problem of configuring the right values. My experiments have not brought usable results. Bernhard On Mon, Apr 18, 2005 at 10:41:29AM +0200, Bernhard Reiter wrote: > On Sat, Apr 16, 2005 at 09:59:23AM +1000, Benjamin Herrenschmidt wrote: > > On Fri, 2005-04-15 at 12:04 +0200, Bernhard Reiter wrote: > > > On Thu, Apr 14, 2005 at 06:02:05PM +0200, Bernhard Reiter wrote: > > > > On Thu, Apr 14, 2005 at 05:30:02PM +0200, Bernhard Reiter wrote: > > > > > > > > > So now I have a fresh CVS build of xorg. > > > > > > > > > > I still cannot get a pictures without using "UseFBDev". > > > > Hrm... UseFBDev does not work with dual head. > > If you are using X.org CVS > > HEAD, it should work with VGA out (but not DVI yet). > > I am a bit in the dark how I should configure this. > Shall I use "UseFBDev" and then what? > > As mentioned, I get unusable disorted output when the external > monitor is plugged in via VGA (over the dvi port) and I am booting my kernel. > But this is unrelated to the xserver. pgpU0yk3UzS6H.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: External Monitor from PowerBook5,6 not working
Hi John, first thanks for your suggestions. On Mon, Apr 25, 2005 at 10:52:14PM +0930, John Steele Scott wrote: > Bernhard Reiter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > More experiments getting any external monitor to work > > on a post-February 2005 PowerBook5,6 15". > > My goal is clone mode so I can use a beamer. > > > > I am using 2.6.12-rc3 now > > (I can confirm that sounds works) > > Using the DVI-to-VGA adaptor I connect a 17"flat panel. > > Have you tried creating a modeline for your monitor? Yes, I tried a few things. Not being an expert I have no systematic approach about what to try next. > That is what fixed it for > me, although I didn't have the IO errors like you are getting. > > From this part of your Xorg log: > (II) RADEON(0): clock: 108.0 MHz Image Size: 338 x 270 mm > (II) RADEON(0): h_active: 1280 h_sync: 1328 h_sync_end 1440 h_blank_end > 1688 h_border: 0 > (II) RADEON(0): v_active: 1024 v_sync: 1025 v_sync_end 1028 v_blanking: > 1066v_border: 0 > > I would try and have a section like this in my xorg.conf I tried it, but it did not help. Here is the log: http://intevation.de/Intevation/~bernhard/ppc/powerbook5,6/Xorg.log-mergefb-20050426 > > Section "Monitor" > Identifier "Standardbildschirm" > ModeLine"1280x1024" 108.0 1280 1328 1440 1688 1024 1025 1028 > 1066 > EndSection > > Section "Screen" > Identifier "Default Screen" > Device "ATI Technologies, Inc. RV350 [Mobility Radeon 9600 > M10]" > Monitor "Standardbildschirm" > DefaultDepth24 > SubSection "Display" > Depth 24 > Modes "1280x854" "1280x1024" > EndSubSection > EndSection pgpuZaWAPpfHh.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: external Display and FBDev
On Fri, Apr 29, 2005 at 01:20:32AM +0200, Carsten Friede wrote: > Just for fun, I switched my CRT on the external video connector of my > iBook G4. After trying several options in the XF86Config-4, I disabled > "UseFBDev". Bingo! It works! > But as it is working for my CRT, the display of my iBook doesn't seem > to get synced anymore. So, is there a workaround for this? Lucky you! I would be glad if I'd get this far with my Powerbook5,6 15" ATI Technologies Inc RV350 [Mobility Radeon 9600 M10] Ben, you got nothing I could try to help getting this fixed? Best, Bernhard pgphi7yyw0k2X.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: external Display and FBDev (some success!)
On Sat, Apr 30, 2005 at 10:49:04AM +1000, Benjamin Herrenschmidt wrote: > On Fri, 2005-04-29 at 10:45 +0200, Bernhard Reiter wrote: > > I would be glad if I'd get this far with my Powerbook5,6 15" > > ATI Technologies Inc RV350 [Mobility Radeon 9600 M10] > It works with X.org provided you use an analog (VGA) output. This morning I had a partial success! The problem seems to have been a bad CVS build of xorg (either I pulled the CVS at a bad time or my build had problems). With the new build from friday it actually worked almost directly, I had to tune the timings and resolutions a bit. Below the relevant lines from my xorg.conf. My build still has rendering problems in the details (mostly fonts), but this might be another issue with the current CVS or some active acceleration. This is a good step forwards as I need this external output for presentations. Thanks to everybody who helped with suggestions, especially Ben, Johannes Berg, John Steele Scott. > The digital > part of the DVI connector doesn't quite work yet (I know how to kick it > into life by banging some chip registers, it's just that X.org does a > few wrong assumptions there). Well... at least on previous models, I'm > not 100% sure on how the latest one in the 5,6 is wired... Am I right in assuming that once your coworked gets one of these, and your tiem allows it, you will give it a try? :) Best Regards, Bernhard Section "Device" Identifier "ATI Technologies, Inc. RV350 [Mobility Radeon 9600 M10]" # Driver "ati" Driver "radeon" BusID "PCI:0:16:0" # Option "UseFBDev" "true" #Option"MetaModes""1280x854-1024x768" Option"MetaModes""1280x854-1280x1024" EndSection Section "Monitor" Identifier "Standardbildschirm" #HorizSync 28-50 #VertRefresh43-75 HorizSync 24-80 VertRefresh 50-75 Option "DPMS" EndSection Section "Screen" Identifier "Default Screen" Device "ATI Technologies, Inc. RV350 [Mobility Radeon 9600 M10]" Monitor "Standardbildschirm" DefaultDepth24 SubSection "Display" Depth 24 Modes "1280x854" "1280x1024" "1024x768" Virtual 1280 1024 #Virtual1024 768 EndSubSection EndSection pgphs0X7ZgaNi.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: external Display and FBDev (some success!)
On Mon, May 02, 2005 at 10:16:05AM +0200, Bernhard Reiter wrote: > On Sat, Apr 30, 2005 at 10:49:04AM +1000, Benjamin Herrenschmidt wrote: > > On Fri, 2005-04-29 at 10:45 +0200, Bernhard Reiter wrote: > > > > I would be glad if I'd get this far with my Powerbook5,6 15" > > > ATI Technologies Inc RV350 [Mobility Radeon 9600 M10] > > > It works with X.org provided you use an analog (VGA) output. > > This morning I had a partial success! > The problem seems to have been a bad CVS build of xorg > (either I pulled the CVS at a bad time or my build had problems). > > With the new build from friday it actually worked almost directly, > I had to tune the timings and resolutions a bit. > Below the relevant lines from my xorg.conf. # works on a PowerBook 5,6 (Post Feb 2005 15") # with Iyama external flat panel monitor 1280x1024 # with xorg CVS HEAD build from 20050429 # there are rendering problems, though. > My build still has rendering problems in the details (mostly fonts), > but this might be another issue with the current CVS or > some active acceleration. > Section "Device" > Identifier "ATI Technologies, Inc. RV350 [Mobility Radeon 9600 > M10]" > # Driver "ati" > Driver "radeon" > BusID "PCI:0:16:0" > # Option "UseFBDev" "true" > #Option"MetaModes""1280x854-1024x768" > Option"MetaModes""1280x854-1280x1024" > EndSection > > Section "Monitor" > Identifier "Standardbildschirm" > #HorizSync 28-50 > #VertRefresh43-75 > HorizSync 24-80 > VertRefresh 50-75 > Option "DPMS" > EndSection For the record: I picked those HSync and VRefresh from the /var/log/Xorg.0.log output and the output for the CRT2. This will be different for each monitor of course. > > Section "Screen" > Identifier "Default Screen" > Device "ATI Technologies, Inc. RV350 [Mobility Radeon 9600 > M10]" > Monitor "Standardbildschirm" > DefaultDepth24 > SubSection "Display" > Depth 24 > Modes "1280x854" "1280x1024" "1024x768" > Virtual 1280 1024 > #Virtual1024 768 > EndSubSection > EndSection Note: This setup is not canonical in that I do not know which of the settings is actually necessary to make it work and which could be left out. This is just one I found that worked in getting me a good resolution on the laptop and the external monitor. (Now I have to tackle my rendering problems...) Bernhard pgp1f7MAvOKEV.pgp Description: PGP signature
External DISPLAY on PowerBook 5,6 works!
On Mon, May 02, 2005 at 10:22:59AM +0200, Bernhard Reiter wrote: > On Mon, May 02, 2005 at 10:16:05AM +0200, Bernhard Reiter wrote: > # works on a PowerBook 5,6 (Post Feb 2005 15") > # with Iyama external flat panel monitor 1280x1024 > # with xorg CVS HEAD build from 20050429 > # there are rendering problems, though. > > > My build still has rendering problems in the details (mostly fonts), > > but this might be another issue with the current CVS or > > some active acceleration. > > Section "Device" > > Identifier "ATI Technologies, Inc. RV350 [Mobility Radeon 9600 > > M10]" > > # Driver "ati" > > Driver "radeon" > > BusID "PCI:0:16:0" > > # Option "UseFBDev" "true" > > #Option"MetaModes""1280x854-1024x768" > > Option"MetaModes""1280x854-1280x1024" > > EndSection > (Now I have to tackle my rendering problems...) The following option gave me a real usable screen: Option "NoAccel" "true" pgp26F6tGeMdV.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: External DISPLAY on PowerBook 5,6 works!
On Tue, May 03, 2005 at 12:39:18PM +1000, Benjamin Herrenschmidt wrote: > > > The following option gave me a real usable screen: > > Option "NoAccel" "true" > > Try disabling DRI instead. I can confirm that this also works with out the NoAccel option, when disabling DRI as: Section "Module" Load"GLcore" Load"bitmap" Load"dbe" Load"ddc" # Load"dri" pgpuMD3biQqaj.pgp Description: PGP signature
External Display on Powerbook5,6 (was: external Display and FBDev)
On Tue, May 03, 2005 at 12:38:46PM +1000, Benjamin Herrenschmidt wrote: > On Mon, 2005-05-02 at 10:16 +0200, Bernhard Reiter wrote: > > > Section "Device" > > Identifier "ATI Technologies, Inc. RV350 [Mobility Radeon 9600 > > M10]" > > # Driver "ati" > > Driver "radeon" > > BusID "PCI:0:16:0" > > # Option "UseFBDev" "true" > > #Option"MetaModes""1280x854-1024x768" > > Option"MetaModes""1280x854-1280x1024" > > EndSection > > > > Section "Monitor" > > Identifier "Standardbildschirm" > > #HorizSync 28-50 > > #VertRefresh43-75 > > HorizSync 24-80 > > VertRefresh 50-75 > > Option "DPMS" > > EndSection > > What if you don't put any of the HorizSync/VertRefresh ? Does it manage > to pick them up from DDC or not ? If I do not put in HorizSync/VertRefresh as below, it picks it up correctly from DDC. ection "Monitor" Identifier "Standardbildschirm" #HorizSync 24-80 #VertRefresh50-75 Option "DPMS" EndSection > Also, what do you rendering problems look like ? For reference I put a small image up on http://intevation.de/~bernhard/ppc/powerbook5%2C6/xorg.renderingdriproblem-20050503.png > Do they still happen if > you force DRI not to load ? (Try removing the module > from /lib/modules/*) When I uncomment the "dri" module, the rendering problems are also gone. What is the difference to using NoAccel? > r300 DRI isn't quite ready yet for public > consumption but X.org CVS may still try to use it ... (it will also > cause crashes on wakeup from sleep). I cannot judge how much changes are going on in X.org CVS, the CVS checkout I did on 20050414 did not have that rendering problems with UseFBDev. With the updated CVS build from 20050429, I could use MergeFB for the first time, but had that rendering problems with it and UseFBDev. Now I do have a crash in the server when trying to run magicpoint. Thus I am trying to build 6.8.2 with your patches and see if this is better. Bernhard pgpHP0O8RViDu.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: External Display on Powerbook5,6 (was: external Display and FBDev)
On Tue, May 03, 2005 at 11:00:21AM +0200, Bernhard Reiter wrote: > Now I do have a crash in the server when trying to run magicpoint. > Thus I am trying to build 6.8.2 with your patches and see if this is better. 6.8.2 with Ben's patches can also do the clone mode like X.org CVS HEAD. Unfortunately both crash when I try to run magicpoint (mgp). If someone is interested in this, I have put up an strace of mgp to http://intevation.de/~bernhard/ppc/powerbook5%2C6/mgp-strace-20050503.txt There are no further debugging message from the server, except that it got Signal 11. Bernhard pgpIaKykmFZT4.pgp Description: PGP signature
xorg crash with mgp and debugging problems (was: External Display on Powerbook5,6 )
Meanwhile I have tried many combinations to find out why mgp stopped working with Xorg server. I might have run into other problems on ppc, too, this is why I am asking here. It might as well be a library problem. The bug is filed now at: https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=3289 mgp (magicpoint) crashes Xorg I am not sure what to make out of the gdb problems (/build/buildd/gdb-6.3/gdb/infrun.c:2642: internal-error: insert_step_resume_breakpoint_at_sal: Assertion `step_resume_breakpoint == NULL' failed. A problem internal to GDB has been detected,) and that I cannot get a backtrace in the end (probably Xorg corrupted its stack). Any hints which of my ppc tool chain parts (gcc, libraries, gdb, Xorg) might be the real cause of the problem? Bernhard On Tue, May 03, 2005 at 11:49:44AM +0200, Bernhard Reiter wrote: > On Tue, May 03, 2005 at 11:00:21AM +0200, Bernhard Reiter wrote: > > Now I do have a crash in the server when trying to run magicpoint. > > Thus I am trying to build 6.8.2 with your patches and see if this is better. > > 6.8.2 with Ben's patches can also do the clone mode like X.org CVS HEAD. > Unfortunately both crash when I try to run magicpoint (mgp). > > If someone is interested in this, I have put up an strace of mgp to > http://intevation.de/~bernhard/ppc/powerbook5%2C6/mgp-strace-20050503.txt > There are no further debugging message from the server, except that > it got Signal 11. pgpZxHbh3G80v.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: xorg crash with mgp and debugging problems (was: External Display on Powerbook5,6 )
On Tue, May 17, 2005 at 10:18:34PM +0200, Bernhard Reiter wrote: > Meanwhile I have tried many combinations to find out why mgp stopped working > with Xorg server. I might have run into other problems on ppc, too, > this is why I am asking here. It might as well be a library problem. > > The bug is filed now at: > https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=3289 > mgp (magicpoint) crashes Xorg This is resolved now! mgp, Xorg and mirroring mode for the external display work fine now for the Powerbook5,6 I have here. The culprit was that I for some reason had Composite enabled and this cases the crash. > I am not sure what to make out of the gdb problems > (/build/buildd/gdb-6.3/gdb/infrun.c:2642: internal-error: > insert_step_resume_breakpoint_at_sal: Assertion > `step_resume_breakpoint == NULL' failed. > A problem internal to GDB has been detected,) > > and that I cannot get a backtrace in the end (probably Xorg > corrupted its stack). Gdb continued to not produce useful backtrace information. I have not tested the gdb patch from this list, which would have been the next step. Bernhard pgpC46PPmpUNz.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: keyboard backlight working on PowerBook5,6?
Hi Barry, On Tue, May 31, 2005 at 09:32:35PM -0400, Barry Hawkins wrote: > I was a little surprised to see that the backlight on the > keyboard is not working with pbbuttonsd on my 1.67GHz > PowerBook G4. I had a 15" 1.25GHz PowerBook G4 working with > pbbuttonsd 0.5.x (iirc) that controlled the keyboard quite > well back around June last year. Is it working for anyone else? my keyboard does automatically turn on the backlight depending on the surrounding lights. I cannot manually control it, but also I never tried to configure to configure this. > No backlight appears and powerprefs > still shows those areas as greyed out. > I am running a 2.6.11.10 kernel, with a config that matches > most of what others on the list had shared with me. > Any input would be appreciated. To get backlight at all, I had to enable a few i2c options in the kernel config, especially the keywest. I suggest to look for them, in the end I had CONFIG_I2C_KEYWEST=y set and got a backlight with 2.6.12-rc3 and some of Ben's patches. Bernhard pgpBqrfFn7rpa.pgp Description: PGP signature
tiBook(Titanium), Debian install problems (mac-fdisk, 30GB)
Trying to install woody on a new Apple tiBook (Titanium) for several days now. (Together with [EMAIL PROTECTED]) 30GB IBM harddisk. 512 MB RAM. Numerous attempts, following several hints and instructions later I issue this request for assistance. I am willing to read instruction if they can help me, but the instructions seem to be suboptimal. Let me summarise what the problem is: We can boot into a kernel with a ramdisk using yaboot. After partioning the harddrive for Linux-partitions we cannot get a kernel to boot from the harddrive. It looks like the partition table might be damaged somehow. Open Firmware will still get yaboot from the partition and yaboot can find the kernel and the ramdisk, but the kernel paniks, even when trying the mount excatly the same root in the ramdisk. All instructions in mac-fdisk http://penguinppc.org/usr/ybin/doc/mac-fdisk-basics.shtml were followed. It should be a 9.1 dual boot system. (Will be MacOSX later.) Booting with boot-3.0.13, freshly after making three partitions with DriveSetup (20GB HFS for GNU/Linux) (64MB HFS exchange) (10GB HFS+) and installing MacOS 9.1 on the third. The files yaboot, yaboot.conf, root.bin and linux copied to the 2nd partition. Then I can boot with "boot hd:10,yaboot" and get into the installer. However after deleting the big HFS partition and creating Apple_bootstrap (with b) and swap (1GB) with c and / 19GB with c the kernel panics. OF can then send me to "boot hd:12,yaboot", which boots the kernel but panics when trying to mount the root ramdisk. If I use pdisk for MacOS and do the partitions I get the same symptoms. Using a Debian potato powerbook CD have the same symptoms. Of course I can install the base system after doing the repartioning, but there seems to be no good way to boot from harddisk after this. Questions: Do you think mac-fdisk(aka pdisk) might not create good partitions due to the size of the harddisk? Is there a way to find out? Obviously apple's OF does not have a problem with this, but the linux kernel (tried 2.2.18) has. It there a way to boot from an ext2 partition directly from the yaboot prompt? How would the syntax be? Am I missing something crutial here? Thanks in advance, Bernhard ps.: I appreciate a cc to me and frank, because we are not on the list. -- Professional Service around Free Software(intevation.net) The FreeGIS Project (freegis.org) Association for a Free Informational Infrastructure(ffii.org) FSF Europe(fsfeurope.org) pgpkOJMkKHFhW.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: tiBook(Titanium), Debian install problems (mac-fdisk, 30GB)
Ethan, thanks for the prompt reply. ( I suggest adding these infos and the necessary video=ofonyl option to the debian install docs. mac-fdisk-basics could use a version number and date, too. All the information out there is still confusing. When the installation is done we will help improving the state of the documentation.) On Tue, Aug 28, 2001 at 03:37:46AM -0800, Ethan Benson wrote: > On Tue, Aug 28, 2001 at 12:22:31PM +0200, Bernhard Reiter wrote: > > The files yaboot, yaboot.conf, root.bin and linux copied to the > > 2nd partition. Then I can boot with "boot hd:10,yaboot" > > and get into the installer. > > However after deleting the big HFS partition and creating > > Apple_bootstrap (with b) and swap (1GB) with c and / 19GB with c > > the kernel panics. > > kernel panics after writing the partition table are common, and not > really harmful (just annoying) its actually panicing when mac-fdisk > asks the kernel to reread the partition table. after a reboot the > partition table is almost always fine and properly written. > > > OF can then send me to "boot hd:12,yaboot", which boots the kernel > > but panics when trying to mount the root ramdisk. > > i think this is due to 3.0.13's root disk being corrupt. i have found > that the powerpc root disk is too large so its getting trunicated when > written into the 1.44MB image. Is it possible to get the good longer version somewhere? I wonder though, why we could boot into the installer when we did not touch the partition table with woody's mac-fdisk. > > If I use pdisk for MacOS and do the partitions I get the same > > symptoms. > pdisk for macos is broken dont use it. Will it be fixed at some date? > > Questions: > > Do you think mac-fdisk(aka pdisk) might not create good partitions > > due to the size of the harddisk? Is there a way to find out? > > Obviously apple's OF does not have a problem with this, but the > > linux kernel (tried 2.2.18) has. > > mac-fdisk in woody creates good partition tables, the one in potato > did not unless you paid attention and did it right (mac-fdisk-basics > explains the issue). > > > It there a way to boot from an ext2 partition directly from the > > yaboot prompt? How would the syntax be? > > boot: hd:3,/boot/vmlinux root=/dev/hda3 ro > > Am I missing something crutial here? > > please send output from mac-fdisk -l /dev/hda (you managed to boot it > once Will do. Frank is working on it right now. Bernhard ps.: Not subscribed to the list, Frank and I appreciate cc's of relevant replys. pgpmGIddCU9bE.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: tiBook(Titanium), Debian install problems (mac-fdisk, 30GB)
On Tue, Aug 28, 2001 at 06:30:51AM -0800, Ethan Benson wrote: > On Tue, Aug 28, 2001 at 02:18:39PM +0200, Bernhard Reiter wrote: > > Ethan, > > thanks for the prompt reply. > > > > ( I suggest adding these infos and the necessary video=ofonyl > > option to the debian install docs. mac-fdisk-basics could use a > > version number and date, too. All the information out there is > > still confusing. When the installation is done we will help > > improving the state of the documentation.) > > woody's docs are already much improved. The docs I've found on the mirrors for woody and powerppc where lacking this information. > > Is it possible to get the good longer version somewhere? > > I wonder though, why we could boot into the installer when we did not > > touch the partition table with woody's mac-fdisk. > > i don't know, current cvs still builds the image too large, ive been > told its broken on irc as well. We've got it to install the system. Installing the potate base system first. Now apt-get dist-upgrade ist working. -- Professional Service around Free Software(intevation.net) The FreeGIS Project (freegis.org) Association for a Free Informational Infrastructure(ffii.org) FSF Europe(fsfeurope.org) pgpOpuySmh50i.pgp Description: PGP signature
