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 1M7cSI-0002CT-JD for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Fri, 22 May 2009 21:39:06 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 750BCE052C; Fri, 22 May 2009 21:39:05 +0000 (UTC) Received: from yw-out-1718.google.com (yw-out-1718.google.com [74.125.46.157]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4EDADE052C for ; Fri, 22 May 2009 21:39:05 +0000 (UTC) Received: by yw-out-1718.google.com with SMTP id 5so6235243ywm.46 for ; Fri, 22 May 2009 14:39:05 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:in-reply-to:references :date:message-id:subject:from:to:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; bh=J1fpIMN8/1h8nYh/g/hRdxUlALgvljKsLnXV6dsrago=; b=Jqp5hUPYpZlff9uPSZ5eHDTnvm96Y3f5NcxQ8TP705s6XABAS4t28pUFjOcuJBgsaU GU2SqxZfb+qF7EVofMCn88CD4LZvWe8U4cb+0EFWbIIxhTvGUUAb9UnsQKtNnZXeQyEC tjQ0bj4xlLINr2KCHJZq+bfN02Y1kryyjsmhc= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=nc/Yqd/EQpKQ3sebseRi3b+JklNzPv9judrp9Uq5egHoA7TePBNYzTLURggD4M3uS0 DpbklLcS2dB7CEK5S/4MgQgSSxWkDpsWbfFKr9laJqU9RD5bQIJnrqiqPJQ6Rbn75dq1 YDcikukEQczPO9PlLXGfDSEA/W2EECl+GYgoI= Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.90.84.2 with SMTP id h2mr3516136agb.97.1243028344984; Fri, 22 May 2009 14:39:04 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <5bdc1c8b0905221412q42059efas44aa773fab97253c@mail.gmail.com> References: <5bdc1c8b0905221126v6396597fq51993b0a0769e697@mail.gmail.com> <4A16F845.7070609@genestate.com> <5bdc1c8b0905221219v577413b4mbb656b122fdb3232@mail.gmail.com> <200905222154.43057.alan.mckinnon@gmail.com> <5bdc1c8b0905221346t3bcbae13p7240f5c20c107b57@mail.gmail.com> <342e1090905221401j3dc586c0u596861df0226a4c2@mail.gmail.com> <5bdc1c8b0905221412q42059efas44aa773fab97253c@mail.gmail.com> Date: Fri, 22 May 2009 18:39:04 -0300 Message-ID: <342e1090905221439r7fcc56fbna11870d211742ab3@mail.gmail.com> Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Is starting xdm enough to see something in X? From: Daniel da Veiga To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Archives-Salt: 1826b193-36b0-42eb-8078-128ab6a71891 X-Archives-Hash: 3c83b4c8b4fa3eaf70b58a1eda0b4836 On Fri, May 22, 2009 at 18:12, Mark Knecht wrote: > On Fri, May 22, 2009 at 2:01 PM, Daniel da Veiga > wrote: > >> >> Or you're using an intel card. >> Set your VIDEO_CARDS variable in /etc/make.conf to "vesa" and >> recompile xorg-server, then try again. >> >> -- >> Daniel da Veiga >> >> > > Hi Daniel, > =A0 I'm happy to try that, but for the record in case someone comes > along and reads this thread later, lspci shows a Radeon in the system, > so I set VIDEO_CARDS that way: > > MacMini X11 # lspci > 0000:00:0b.0 Host bridge: Apple Computer Inc. UniNorth 2 AGP > 0000:00:10.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc RV280 > [Radeon 9200] (rev 01) > 0001:10:0b.0 Host bridge: Apple Computer Inc. UniNorth 2 PCI > 0001:10:12.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4318 > [AirForce One 54g] 802.11g Wireless LAN Controller (rev 02) > 0001:10:17.0 Class ff00: Apple Computer Inc. KeyLargo/Intrepid Mac I/O > 0001:10:18.0 USB Controller: Apple Computer Inc. KeyLargo/Intrepid USB > 0001:10:19.0 USB Controller: Apple Computer Inc. KeyLargo/Intrepid USB > 0001:10:1a.0 USB Controller: Apple Computer Inc. KeyLargo/Intrepid USB > 0001:10:1b.0 USB Controller: NEC Corporation USB (rev 43) > 0001:10:1b.1 USB Controller: NEC Corporation USB (rev 43) > 0001:10:1b.2 USB Controller: NEC Corporation USB 2.0 (rev 04) > 0002:20:0b.0 Host bridge: Apple Computer Inc. UniNorth 2 Internal PCI > 0002:20:0d.0 Class ff00: Apple Computer Inc. UniNorth/Intrepid ATA/100 > 0002:20:0e.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394): Apple Computer Inc. UniNorth 2 > FireWire (rev 81) > 0002:20:0f.0 Ethernet controller: Apple Computer Inc. UniNorth 2 GMAC > (Sun GEM) (rev 80) > MacMini X11 # > > MacMini X11 # cat /etc/make.conf | grep VIDEO > VIDEO_CARDS=3D"fbdev radeon" > MacMini X11 # > > I wasn't sure about the fbdev part. I just duplicated one of my x86 boxes= . > > The radeon driver does load and I don't see any complaints in the log fil= e: > > MacMini X11 # lsmod > Module =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0Size =A0Used by > radeon =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0139784 =A00 > drm =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A080732 =A01 radeon > > agpgart =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A033344 =A02 drm,uninorth_agp > MacMini X11 # > > I see, you would have something wrong in your dmesg if that was the problem. Anyway, using vesa is still the easy way to get X working plain and simple. I just bring that up because some time ago an old machine here at work had similar (almost identical) issues with video, and since it was a simple kiosk machine, I changed it from the original (nvidia) driver to vesa and it worked. --=20 Daniel da Veiga