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Re: Xfree86 and iMac G4 flat panel



On Fri, 2003-03-28 at 16:17, Eduardo Trápani wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> Has anybody an iMac with flat panel fully working under X?
> 
> I am using xfree86 4.2.1-6 and the "nv" driver, kernel 
> 2.4.20 without the rivafb driver.
> 
> I cannot switch to the text screens, the screen is 
> completely red and I see nothing.  And then it doesn't 
> always come back to graphical mode.
> 
> Even if I don't try to switch to text mode, by the time the 
> monitor should be turned off the same red screen appears.
> 
> If I choose "DPMS" instead of "FlatPanel" in the 
> XF86Config-4 file I can switch back and forth to text mode 
> and the monitor goes correctly to sleep.  But the screen is 
> distorted and only a quarter is visible.
> 
> I've tried with kernel rivafb, without it, with video=ofonly 
> and all the other combinations I found on the net.  But the 
> problem remains.
> 
> Find attached my current XF86Config-4 file.

Try Daniel Stone's 4.3 XFree packages (www.penguinppc.org/~daniels)

(and let us know)

Ben.



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