From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from lists.gentoo.org ([140.105.134.102] helo=robin.gentoo.org) by nuthatch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.54) id 1FbeFI-0004h0-K6 for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Thu, 04 May 2006 13:51:57 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.6/8.13.6) with SMTP id k44Doo9j015065; Thu, 4 May 2006 13:50:50 GMT Received: from vms048pub.verizon.net (vms048pub.verizon.net [206.46.252.48]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.6/8.13.6) with ESMTP id k44DonTu013407 for ; Thu, 4 May 2006 13:50:50 GMT Received: from [192.168.2.100] ([71.249.38.60]) by vms048.mailsrvcs.net (Sun Java System Messaging Server 6.2-4.02 (built Sep 9 2005)) with ESMTPA id <0IYQ00I90UGK9BP0@vms048.mailsrvcs.net> for gentoo-ppc-user@lists.gentoo.org; Thu, 04 May 2006 08:50:45 -0500 (CDT) Date: Thu, 04 May 2006 09:50:50 -0400 From: David Gurvich Subject: Re: [gentoo-ppc-user] ATI configuration? In-reply-to: <03a401c66f80$7380dd80$6501a8c0@mark> To: gentoo-ppc-user@lists.gentoo.org Message-id: <200605040950.51162.david.gurvich@verizon.net> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-ppc-user@gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-ppc-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=windows-1250 Content-disposition: inline References: <03a401c66f80$7380dd80$6501a8c0@mark> User-Agent: KMail/1.9.1 X-MIME-Autoconverted: from quoted-printable to 8bit by robin.gentoo.org id k44DonTu013407 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-MIME-Autoconverted: from 8bit to quoted-printable by robin.gentoo.org id k44DooA9015065 X-Archives-Salt: d7aea610-a098-45a9-99e1-7e7ad7b80e91 X-Archives-Hash: ca9cdcf861c235081944c57054aa71fd I believe that either you are missing a driver in your kernel, or haven't= =20 loaded it if set as a module. On Thursday 04 May 2006 9:41 am, Mark M. Hart wrote: > I just did an emerge on Xorgautoconfig and ran the command, but the > xorg.conf file it makes doesn't work - it tells me that ATI(0) Adapter = has > not been initialized, and Screen(s) found, but none have a usable > configuration. > > It sets Mode 1024x768 at several depths, which I can live with, and def= ault > mode of 16, which I can also live with. Now if I could just get it to = work > ... > > Thanks! > > Mark M. Hart > > -----Original Message----- > From: David Gurvich [mailto:david.gurvich@verizon.net] > Sent: Thursday, May 04, 2006 4:59 AM > To: gentoo-ppc-user@lists.gentoo.org > Subject: Re: [gentoo-ppc-user] ATI configuration? > > There is an ebuild Xorgautoconfig specifically for this purpose. The > generated xorg.conf needs some slight adjustments but seems to give goo= d > results. > > On Thursday 04 May 2006 7:34 am, Mark M. Hart wrote: > > I have a beige G3 desktop 233mhz with 512M ram that has an ATI chipse= t on > > the motherboard and an ATI chipset in a PCI VGA card (which the monit= or > > is attached to). When I use xorgconfig I have to use fbdev as the at= i > > choice will not work on testing. This gives me a 1280x1024 screen wh= ich > > works well on a 17=94 monitor, but the colors are all wrong. > > > > > > > > When I use Xorg =96configure I get a working configuration with the a= ti > > driver, but the screen is (maybe) 640x480 and that=92s it. I=92ve tr= ied > > merging the two files in every combination I can think of, and am not > > getting anywhere. > > > > > > > > Thanks in advance for your help! > > > > > > > > Mark M. Hart > > -- > Kmail on Gentoo/PPC > > -- > gentoo-ppc-user@gentoo.org mailing list > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.1.385 / Virus Database: 268.5.1/328 - Release Date: 5/1/2006 > > > -- > No virus found in this outgoing message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.1.385 / Virus Database: 268.5.1/328 - Release Date: 5/1/2006 --=20 Kmail on Gentoo/PPC --=20 gentoo-ppc-user@gentoo.org mailing list