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Re: looking for ibook2 xfree86 help



On Sam, 2002-10-05 at 10:48, Abe Olson wrote:
> Hi there.  I'm trying to get xfree86 working on my ibook2.
> I followed the instructions here:   
> http://mij.oltrelinux.com/ibook/step_step/index.html#xfree
> I gte to the step whre I'm supposed to type X to see if it will work, my 
> screen goes gray black and after a few minutes I can it drop back to the 
> terminal (F1) but the screen is sort of solarized.

Probably because you don't use Option "UseFBDev" (you need radeonfb for
that).


> (WW) RADEON(0): Video BIOS not detected in PCI space!
> (WW) RADEON(0): Attempting to read Video BIOS from legacy ISA space!
> (WW) RADEON(0): Video BIOS not found!

This is normal and harmless.


> Could not init font path element unix/:7100, removing from list!
> 
> Fatal server error:
> could not open default font 'fixed'

Make sure you have xfs and xfonts-base installed.


-- 
Earthling Michel Dänzer (MrCooper)/ Debian GNU/Linux (powerpc) developer
XFree86 and DRI project member   /  CS student, Free Software enthusiast



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