Failed X server start on Apple eMac FC4 installation

[Mike Hammill]

I have a machine similar to J.M. Brough, a G4 PowerMac with an ATI  
Radeon 9200 PCI card in it.

I updated my card's ROM through the software available at ATI so mine  
reads (from the Mac OS X partition):

ATI 4.5.1 Radeon 9200
Card#:  109-actually gives numbers here-00
Card Model: ATY, RV280
ROM: ATY, Bugsy_A
FCode version: 1.94
NDRV version: 1.0.1f59
VRAM: 128MB

I installed the Xautoconfig tool from <http://www.bytebot.net/ 
geekdocs/ibook/fedorappc.html> as you suggest.  I tried various  
options, and got the following results:

with --safe option ==> an X cursor on a black screen.  I can move the  
cursor, but I when I right click, I get no menu.  This is the best  
I've got so far.  X log at <http://www.pdc.kth.se/~mike/ppc/Bunny/ 
Xorg_log_xautoconfig_safe>.  It is not clear to me that this  
configuration is usable as is.

with --fbdev option ==> as above, log at <http://www.pdc.kth.se/~mike/ 
ppc/Bunny/Xorg_log_xautoconfig_fbdev>

with no options ==> dies with log as shown in <http://www.pdc.kth.se/ 
~mike/ppc/Bunny/Xorg_log_xautoconfig_noopts>

I brought over a working xorg.conf from Ubuntu running on another G4  
with the same card in it.  See <http://www.pdc.kth.se/~mike/ppc/ 
Monkey/xorg.conf> and the happy log it produces on Ubuntu <http:// 
www.pdc.kth.se/~mike/ppc/Monkey/Xorg.0.log>

When I try this xorg.conf under Fedora rawhide, it bombs see log at  
<http://www.pdc.kth.se/~mike/ppc/Bunny/Xorg_log_ubuntu_working>.  A  
careful analysis of the working X log on the one machine and the  
failing log on the other should give a pretty good hint as to what is  
wrong, I suspect.  A simple diff, unfortunately, is a bit messy.  I  
haven't had a chance to look through the two logs extensively to get  
at what the real differences are.  Perhaps someone with more X  
knowledge could give it a whirl?

/Mike

On Jun 21, 2005, at 6:56 PM, David Woodhouse wrote:

> On Tue, 2005-06-21 at 17:41 +0100, J.M.Brough wrote:
>
>> Anyway, has anyone successfully installed FC4 on the above type
>> machine without losing 2 cms of their display?  If so, would they
>> email the xorg config file for me to try.  It would be most
>> appreciated.  Using linux on the mac reminds me of using linux on the
>> PC about 2-3 years ago!
>>
>
> Have you tried using the Xautoconfig tool linked from
> http://www.bytebot.net/geekdocs/ibook/fedorappc.html ?
>
> -- 
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