Subject: Re: ibook G3,black screen
To: None <dhgutteridge@sympatico.ca>
From: Masafumi Hotta <ma-500@rj8.so-net.ne.jp>
List: port-macppc
Date: 07/24/2007 20:23:26
Hello,

The XF86Config worked fine on my iBook, too.
I think it is most important to figure out HorizSync and VertRefresh
properly, and I don't know how to do that.

Thanks Dave, I appreciate your help.

Masafumi Hotta


From: "David H. Gutteridge" <dhgutteridge@sympatico.ca>
Subject: Re: ibook G3,black screen
Date: Sun, 22 Jul 2007 22:16:03 -0400
>>I tryed this configuration, and I get black screen again.
>>I think I should try "vga" driver or something.
>
>I've attached the XF86Config file that works on my 366MHz iBook SE.
>Your machine is the successor to mine, so it has a different video
>card, but this may be helpful.  (I originally found this config file
>somewhere on the internet, as you can see from the attribution at the
>top.)
>
>Regards,
>
>Dave
>
># base configuration from xf86cfg, tweaked using
># hints from Matsubayashi 'Shaolin' Kohji shaolin@rhythmaning.org
># and K. Hanai-san hanai@koto.kpu-m.ac.jp
>
>Section "ServerLayout"
>    Identifier     "ibook"
>    Screen         "Screen0" 0 0
>    InputDevice    "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
>    InputDevice    "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
>EndSection
>
>Section "Files"
>    RgbPath      "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/rgb"
>    ModulePath   "/usr/X11R6/lib/modules"
>    FontPath     "/usr/pkg/lib/X11/fonts/TTF/"
>    #FontPath     "/usr/pkg/lib/X11/fonts/Mozilla/"
>    FontPath     "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/TTF/"
>    FontPath     "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/TrueType/"
>    FontPath     "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Type1/"
>    FontPath     "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc/"
>    FontPath     "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Speedo/"
>    FontPath     "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/CID/"
>    FontPath     "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/"
>    FontPath     "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/"
>EndSection
>
>Section "Module"
>    Load  "dbe"
>    Load  "extmod"
>    Load  "glx"
>    Load  "record"
>    Load  "xtrap"
>    Load  "speedo"
>    Load  "type1"
>    Load  "freetype"
>EndSection
>
>Section "InputDevice"
>    Identifier  "Keyboard0"
>    Driver      "kbd"
>    Option      "Protocol" "wskbd"
>    Option      "Device" "/dev/wskbd0"
>    Option      "XkbRules" "xfree86"
>    Option      "XkbModel" "pc105"
>    Option      "XkbLayout" "us"
>    Option      "XkbVariant" "us"
>EndSection
>
>Section "InputDevice"
>    Identifier  "Mouse0"
>    Driver      "mouse"
>    Option      "Protocol" "wsmouse"
>    Option      "Device" "/dev/wsmouse"
>    Option      "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
>EndSection
>
>Section "Monitor"
>    Identifier   "Monitor0"
>    VendorName   "Apple"
>    ModelName    "LCD"
>    HorizSync    31-80
>    VertRefresh  56-76
>EndSection
>
>Section "Device"
>    Identifier  "Card0"
>        Driver      "ati"
>        Option      "device" "/dev/ttyE0"
>    VendorName  "ATI"
>    BoardName   "Mach 64"
>EndSection
>
>Section "Screen"
>    Identifier "Screen0"
>    Device     "Card0"
>    Monitor    "Monitor0"
>    DefaultDepth 24
>
>    SubSection "Display"
>        Depth    8
>        Modes "800x600"
>    EndSubSection
>    SubSection "Display"
>        Depth     16
>        Modes "800x600"
>    EndSubSection
>    SubSection "Display"
>        Depth     24
>        Modes "800x600"
>    EndSubSection
>EndSection
>
>