Re: problems starting X

[Donnell <donnell@quepasa.com>]

Check the Screen section of your XF86Config file.  I saw the same thing happen with a powermac clone.  The driver was set to "accel".  Try changing it to "fbdev".  A word of extreme caution: anXious did not do a good job of setting up XF86Config for the powermac clone's Keyboard section either.  When we changed the driver setting, X started but the keyboard was useless.

Here's a Keyboard and Pointer Section that I've found to work well with linux on a Mac:

# **********************************************************************
# Keyboard section
# **********************************************************************

Section "Keyboard"

    Protocol    "Standard"

    # when using XQUEUE, comment out the above line, and uncomment the
    # following line
    #Protocol   "Xqueue"

    AutoRepeat  500 5

    # Let the server do the NumLock processing.  This should only be 
    # required when using pre-R6 clients
    #ServerNumLock

    # Specify which keyboard LEDs can be user-controlled (eg, with xset(1))
    #Xleds      1 2 3

    #To set the LeftAlt to Meta, RightAlt key to ModeShift, 
    #RightCtl key to Compose, and ScrollLock key to ModeLock:

    LeftAlt        Meta
    RightAlt        Meta
   ScrollLock      Compose
   RightCtl        Control

# To disable the XKEYBOARD extension, uncomment XkbDisable.

#    XkbDisable

# To customise the XKB settings to suit your keyboard, modify the
# lines below (which are the defaults).  For example, for a non-U.S.
# keyboard, you will probably want to use:
#    XkbModel    "pc102"
# If you have a US Microsoft Natural keyboard, you can use:
#    XkbModel    "microsoft"
#
# Then to change the language, change the Layout setting.
# For example, a german layout can be obtained with:
#    XkbLayout   "de"
# or:
#    XkbLayout   "de"
#    XkbVariant  "nodeadkeys"
#
# If you'd like to switch the positions of your capslock and
# control keys, use:
#    XkbOptions  "ctrl:swapcaps"

# These are the default XKB settings for XFree86
#    XkbRules    "xfree86"
#    XkbModel    "pc101"
#    XkbLayout   "us"
#    XkbVariant  ""
#    XkbOptions  ""

   XkbKeycodes     "macintosh"
   XkbTypes        "default"
   XkbCompat       "default"
   XkbSymbols      "macintosh/us"
   XkbGeometry     "macintosh"
   XkbRules        "xfree86"
   XkbModel        "pc101"
EndSection

# **********************************************************************
# Pointer section
# **********************************************************************

Section "Pointer"
    Protocol    "BusMouse"
    Device      "/dev/mouse"

# When using XQUEUE, comment out the above two lines, and uncomment
# the following line.

#    Protocol	"Xqueue"

# Baudrate and SampleRate are only for some Logitech mice

#    BaudRate	9600
#    SampleRate	150

# Emulate3Buttons is an option for 2-button Microsoft mice
# Emulate3Timeout is the timeout in milliseconds (default is 50ms)

    Emulate3Buttons
    Emulate3Timeout    50

# ChordMiddle is an option for some 3-button Logitech mice

#    ChordMiddle

EndSection



On Mon, 20 November 2000, William Crowshaw wrote:

> 
> Here's a repost of the message I sent out whose
> Subject: line disappeared.
> 
> I just installed Debian 2.2 on my powermac 7500. I am
> having problems bringing up x.  First, upon boot, the
> system tries to start xdm, but it fails after the
> screen flashes black three times.  Next, if I simply
> try startx as root I get a error message that I should
> report this crash to the developers of X.  The X
> server that it installed was XF68_FBDev.  For more
> clues about my problem, I could post all the gory
> details startx outputs. My monitor is a simple Apple
> Multiscan 15".
> 
> One more question, I looked through the debian mailing
> list archives and saw similar posts such as mine, but
> no answers.  I had to us the web-interface to view the
> archives online.  I would like to search off-line.  
> Could I download the debian powerpc archives?  And if
> so, from where?
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> wcrowshaw
> 
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