Re: iMac & XF86Config

[Sven LUTHER <luther@debian.org>]

On Sun, Nov 14, 1999 at 11:18:01AM +0100, Fritz Jetzek wrote:
> Nathan Olsen wrote:
> > 
> > Hartmut wrote:
> > >Ahh, you're a good test candidate, please save your current
> > >/etc/X11/XF86config
> > >and try the shellscript in the attachment. Please report any problems. It is
> > >only for a basic setup. Sorry, more will come with the next version.
> > 
> > Thanks. I gzipped the file, placed it in /usr/sbin/, and then ran it. I
> > answered "yes" to all three of the questions it asked. After running the
> > script, I tried X again and this was the error message I received this time:
> > 
> > (**) XKB: disabled
> > (**) Mouse: type: BusMouse, device: /dev/mouse, buttons: 3
> > (**) FBDEV: Graphics device ID: "Linux/m68k Frame Buffer Device"
> > (**) FBDEV: Monitor ID: "Generic Monitor"
> > (**) FBDEV: FontPath blah... don't feel like typing it!
> > (**) FBDEV: Using default frame buffer video mode
> > (--) FBDEV: Frame buffer device: OFfb ATY, RageII
> > (--) FBDEV: Video memory: 1875K @ 0x81800480
> > (--) FBDEV: MMIO regs: 0K @ (nil)
> > (--) FBDEV: Type 0 type_aux 0 bits_per_pixel 32
> > (--) FBDEV: Hardware accelerator: None
> > (--) FBDEV: No driver support for hardware acceleration
> > bpp = 32, depth = 32, BitsPerRGB = 8
> > (--) FBDEV: Using cfb32 driver
> > 
> > Fatal server error:
> > Caught signal 11. Server aborting
> > 
> > By the way, in case I should have to do this again, is there anyway to get
> > this info out of a log file or something? I wrote out/retyped this info
> > myself.
> 
> quick and dirty: replace the line in the script saying 
> 
> /usr/X11R6/bin/X & 
> 
> with
> 
> /usr/X11R6/bin/X > mylog 2>&1 &
> 

/usr/X11R6/bin/X &>mylog should do also, ...

Friendly,

Sven LUTHER