From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([208.92.234.80] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1MRSzU-0005BG-Ij for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Thu, 16 Jul 2009 15:35:24 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 56777E0598; Thu, 16 Jul 2009 15:35:23 +0000 (UTC) Received: from QMTA04.westchester.pa.mail.comcast.net (qmta04.westchester.pa.mail.comcast.net [76.96.62.40]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2FB28E0598 for ; Thu, 16 Jul 2009 15:35:23 +0000 (UTC) Received: from OMTA08.westchester.pa.mail.comcast.net ([76.96.62.12]) by QMTA04.westchester.pa.mail.comcast.net with comcast id GcRZ1c00W0Fqzac54fbPtd; Thu, 16 Jul 2009 15:35:23 +0000 Received: from [192.168.1.101] ([98.219.163.182]) by OMTA08.westchester.pa.mail.comcast.net with comcast id GfbP1c00V3wS4Q23UfbP0D; Thu, 16 Jul 2009 15:35:23 +0000 Message-ID: <4A5F47FA.1030104@gentoo.org> Date: Thu, 16 Jul 2009 11:32:10 -0400 From: Joseph Jezak User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.21 (X11/20090325) Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-ppc-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-ppc-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 To: gentoo-ppc-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-ppc-user] xorg.conf for Mac G4 mini References: <73F568DC-30A2-4124-9095-A3AF0C821B93@chezdavid.net> <4A5F4493.7030803@gentoo.org> In-Reply-To: <4A5F4493.7030803@gentoo.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Archives-Salt: 1f521433-0fa2-4d64-b964-0cf939fa9cfc X-Archives-Hash: c6cde2636147db51a806769943f9c125 Joseph Jezak wrote: > David Friedlander wrote: > >> Hello, all! >> >> I'm having the damnedest time getting X to run on my Mac Mini 1.25Ghz >> (Radeon 9200 processor). I've wasted a lot of time following various >> web instructions, but to no avail. One issue, of course, is the right >> xorg.conf file. Another one may be (in some people's opinion is) >> arguments to the Linux kernel/yaboot. >> >> I see on this list that there has been some discussion on this >> subject. However, the configuration files that apparently were once >> posted on web sites are no longer available. >> >> I wonder if anyone who has done this would be willing to part with the >> sacred mysteries. >> >> David >> >> > To begin with, as directed in the Gentoo PPC FAQ, make sure that you've > set the correct framebuffer device. You can check which one you have set > by running Xorgautoconfig --dump. If you could paste that info into a > message, that would be helpful too. What exactly is the problem that > you're having? Most machines actually configure themselves automatically > now without an xorg.conf file. > > -Joe > > Haha, I can tell it's been a while since I've helped people with X issues. :) The application you should be using for X issues is "xac" now, which replaced Xorgautoconfig. I wrote both of them, you'd think I'd be able to keep it straight... -Joe