Subject: Re: [Still] can't startx
To: zeta.orionis <zeta.orionis@gmail.com>
From: Michael <macallan18@earthlink.net>
List: port-macppc
Date: 06/29/2005 08:13:03
--Signature_Wed__29_Jun_2005_08_13_03_-0400_yTd19T22pcj.FhZq
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII
Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

Hello,

> Is the problem exclusively with the video card, such that upgrading
> the OS or something wouldn't help (the changes list doesn't mention =20
> anything about video cards or X)?

Good question, but I think it's most likely somewhere between the OS and
the Xserver. On macppc XFree86 can't access PCI IO space but lots of
drivers depend on it, that's one reason why so many fail on many non-PC
platforms. I have a workaround which allows some of these (
voodoo3- and matrox-based cards for instance ) to work properly but it
might still be something different because very similar videocontrollers
work without any hackery on sparc64. The replacement drivers were just
compiled with the same (non-CPU-specific) options as on sparc64.=20

have fun
Michael

--Signature_Wed__29_Jun_2005_08_13_03_-0400_yTd19T22pcj.FhZq
Content-Type: application/pgp-signature

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE-----
Version: GnuPG v1.4.0 (NetBSD)

iQEVAwUBQsKQUMpnzkX8Yg2nAQItXQgArtGUwnloSxZjuOJoOlylIoSpCBoHjyJ5
mot6bQ/j2iaWQ433OcsAUCEBaQRSbAIvqP+ST25ky3Dntc8mvKvSklCOPSf5RY8z
GHYOFuHp1EqWlCJbbV33lK5UqUEt+G6h+5cv1M4TPspTpLGkn4GhVapaekGGBYWs
1KRs503aDLPPz1omz7KLwuqFELWWI1AE2DZqZxwW3wuHo4tlCsFyYDyyvZ7bCTHy
FKZljOmXiHmCIg40RpgEoJ+1QiEGXr/3PSXVeWsOhNUqU82BNOS5Q6p0l9BDfaUK
bMPn9e+KyvuT1njUVVavKRV9qNrJKOYddLNvqGcx9IpdeqGG2X/jPw==
=3+wv
-----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

--Signature_Wed__29_Jun_2005_08_13_03_-0400_yTd19T22pcj.FhZq--