Re: X starts, but it displays strange things

[Bastien Nocera <hadess@hadess.net>]

Charles Brunet wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I was finally able to install XFree-4.0.2 on my indigo iBook. X starts, but
> I'm not able to see anything, except the mouse cursor and a gray screen with
> horizontals lines, slightly diagonals, as if the pixels sent to the screen
> weren't the same depth as the screen itself. When I push the mouse button, I
> see turquoise lines on the screen.
> 
> I use the XF86Config file I found on hadess.net (merci Bastien). The r128
> driver is loaded. Resolution is 800x600. Everything in the log file seems ok
> to me. I tried different screen depths without success.
> 
> Could somebody please helps me?

Make sure that you use the right kernel arguments, like:
video=aty128fb:vmode:10:depth:8:

XFree doesn't work on my iBook without it (if only I knew why, I'd try
to fix it...), also give a try at uncommenting the UseFBDev option in
the Driver section, as Michel pointed out that it was a known bug with
X4.0.2

Hope this helps

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/Bastien Nocera
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