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| 07:31.00 | ForTiLLiaN | I have a Apple G4 AGP (with pci card). I installed Debian-ppc Lenny Beta and 4.0r3 and both installed just fine. But when it boots into debian my monitor goes black and says Optimal resolution is 1440x900 @60hz. If i press alt+F1 i get terminal. Just cant get GUI. Any ideas? |
| 07:34.37 | koan | have a look at /var/log/Xorg.0.log |
| 07:37.15 | ForTiLLiaN | to be honost im not 100% sure what im looking for |
| 07:37.29 | koan | error messages :-) |
| 07:37.55 | koan | probably X is not detecting your monitor capabilities |
| 07:39.03 | koan | can you post your xorg.conf and Xorg.0.log on pastebin? |
| 07:39.19 | ForTiLLiaN | i see DRI static buffer allocation failed -- need at least 4687 kB video memory |
| 07:40.38 | koan | maybe you should disable DRI for now |
| 07:41.16 | ForTiLLiaN | kk, ill try that real fast |
| 07:47.46 | ForTiLLiaN | if i try to edit the xorg.conf it no longer has the resolutions and am unable to comment out DRI. its looks empty compared to 4.0r3 |
| 07:49.05 | koan | then X is trying to figure out all the details itself, my Ubuntu machine is doing it also (and with success) |
| 07:49.26 | koan | try running X -configure |
| 07:50.07 | koan | it will create a config file you can test |
| 07:51.05 | ForTiLLiaN | Fatal server error: Server is already active for display 0, If this server is no longer funning, remove /tmp/X0-lock and start again |
| 07:51.11 | ForTiLLiaN | runnin* |
| 07:51.39 | koan | yeah first kill the active one |
| 07:51.50 | koan | and rm /tmp/X0-lock |
| 07:52.10 | ForTiLLiaN | how do i stop it ? |
| 07:52.41 | koan | killall X |
| 07:53.47 | ForTiLLiaN | X: no process killed |
| 07:54.07 | koan | then it's just the lock file you have to delete |
| 07:59.07 | ForTiLLiaN | its still saying X is running, i think i have to find the X process ID and kill it that way |
| 07:59.41 | koan | ps ax|grep X |
| 08:00.00 | koan | you are logged in as root, are you? |
| 08:02.14 | ForTiLLiaN | yes, i am |
| 08:02.58 | ForTiLLiaN | comes up with 2 processes one being grep x, so i kill the other |
| 08:03.57 | ForTiLLiaN | well, it was 5828 and it looks like it restarted it, screen went blank and i get the "monitor not at optimum mode" and ctrl+alt+f1 back to console |
| 08:14.42 | ForTiLLiaN | i used init 1 and it brought me down to console then X -configure |
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| 08:37.33 | blaamann | I installed Debian Etch with boot parameters 'install video=ofonly' . This makes me do a successful install, but when I reboot it goes blank/black. I then used a live distro to change yaboot.conf removing 'ofonly' and inserted 'quiet splash' instead. Now it works, but this seems too complicated. Is there another way to do this ? |
| 08:45.18 | ForTiLLiaN | im trying to fix a similar issue, what mac do you have? |
| 08:46.13 | blaamann | ForTiLLiaN: Let me check. It is a left over here at work. Some G4 windtunnel with Studio Display. |
| 08:46.25 | blaamann | Let me see if I figure out the correct model |
| 08:47.21 | ForTiLLiaN | what live boot cd? you see to have gotten farther then I, i also have a G4. But i cant get passed a blank screen. |
| 08:47.32 | ForTiLLiaN | seem* |
| 08:48.14 | blaamann | http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Power_Mac_G4 |
| 08:48.22 | blaamann | "The DDR models" ^ |
| 08:48.52 | blaamann | ForTiLLiaN: What is your model? |
| 08:49.17 | ForTiLLiaN | agp |
| 08:49.27 | ForTiLLiaN | but i have a PCI card in it |
| 08:49.28 | blaamann | ForTiLLiaN: I used a Ubuntu Dapper live cd to mount the installed os and then change yaboot.conf. |
| 08:49.59 | ForTiLLiaN | ill have to give that a try. I know its booting, its just something simple as the wrong monitr config |
| 08:50.20 | ForTiLLiaN | not much luck with editing the xorg.conf |
| 08:50.24 | blaamann | ForTiLLiaN: So you managed to start and finish the install ? |
| 08:50.28 | ForTiLLiaN | yes |
| 08:50.50 | blaamann | Did you install with 'install video=ofonly' ? |
| 08:51.08 | ForTiLLiaN | it boots up, and then goes to a blank screen. i hear a beep and then get a "monitor not at optimal range" from my lcd screen. I can press ctrl alt f1 and get console |
| 08:51.11 | ForTiLLiaN | yes, i did |
| 08:51.45 | blaamann | If you get a console. Take a look at /etc/yaboot.conf |
| 08:52.40 | ForTiLLiaN | what should i change in there? |
| 08:53.19 | blaamann | In yaboot.conf I changed append="video=ofonly" to append="quiet splash" |
| 08:54.08 | ForTiLLiaN | alright, ill give that a shot, thanks |
| 08:54.33 | blaamann | You then need to run a command to make the final change |
| 08:54.40 | blaamann | let me see...... |
| 08:54.49 | blaamann | 'ybin -v' |
| 08:54.59 | blaamann | It writes it to the firmware |
| 08:55.19 | ForTiLLiaN | alright, i appreciate that. ill hope for the best |
| 08:56.13 | blaamann | ForTiLLiaN: What graphic adapter do you use ? |
| 08:56.21 | blaamann | "do you have" |
| 08:56.57 | ForTiLLiaN | it came with a PCI Rage Pro 16mb |
| 08:57.23 | ForTiLLiaN | im thinking that it just has problems running my 19"lcd |
| 08:57.39 | ForTiLLiaN | and i dont have a crt to test it out on |
| 08:59.15 | blaamann | ForTiLLiaN: The quiet splash made it try to run X, but then it failed so I then had to change a couple of things. First in xorg.conf and then I see I had to add video=aty128fb in yaboot.conf as well. Let me check again for sure. |
| 08:59.36 | blaamann | Let me post it all to a pastebin :-) |
| 08:59.42 | blaamann | Easier that way |
| 09:00.45 | ForTiLLiaN | kk |
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| 09:02.57 | blaamannPPC | ForTiLLiaN: http://dpaste.com/66881/ |
| 09:04.01 | blaamannPPC | ForTiLLiaN: Yaboot -> http://dpaste.com/66882/ |
| 09:04.13 | ForTiLLiaN | what video card does yours have? |
| 09:05.07 | blaamannPPC | ForTiLLiaN: http://dpaste.com/66883/ |
| 09:06.15 | ForTiLLiaN | i think i need to upgrade this card...lol. there are plenty on ebay that would probably help out. |
| 09:08.48 | blaamann | ForTiLLiaN: I was running Lenny for a while on another G4 here at work, but suddenly after an upgrade X was borked and I've never got it to work again. The upgrade did not change xorg.conf or yaboot.conf so I guess there is a bug in the kernel or in xorg for Lenny and this model I got. |
| 09:09.20 | ForTiLLiaN | yea, ive tried lenny and the one before it |
| 09:09.25 | ForTiLLiaN | both have the same effects |
| 09:09.55 | blaamann | ForTiLLiaN: Try a XUbuntu Dapper in live mode and see if that works. |
| 09:10.44 | blaamann | http://www.xubuntu.org/get#dapper |
| 09:11.37 | ForTiLLiaN | cool cool, ill try that out. i pretty much just want to run a torrentflux-b4rt box. |
| 10:26.17 | blaamannPPC | ForTiLLiaN: Debian Etch on PowePC -> http://bybris.intermedia.uib.no/locatext/Screenshot.png |
| 10:26.56 | ForTiLLiaN | damn, must be nice |
| 10:28.04 | blaamannPPC | It is :-) |
| 10:41.06 | ForTiLLiaN | thanks for the help man. im downloading that live cd now. ill try it out and see. :) |
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