Re: X won't start after upgrade
hi, have you tried video=fbcon ?
i tried searching for this machine, on google i
did see there was some breakage at 2.6.9, but i
did not see a follow up (perhaps i did not search
far enough..). i have kernel sources here unpacked
and i see that fbcon.c was last modified in sept 06,
so there may be some fix. if not, don't give up.
but i still run 2.6.8 some on my old machine even with
other stuff etch so far less problems that other
things i have tried, although my old machine is gone
now.
another possiblity maybe is to find some video card.
you have to edit the nvram setting i think to make it
the console. sometimes you see old ati or something
cheap, like $10.
--- gio <gvr766@email.it> wrote:
> After update from sarge to etch. I can't start X
> session with Xorg.
> My machine is a Powermac 7300/200 with 256MB memory
> and 4MB video memory
> the graphic card is the original Apple integrated
> graphic card.
>
> lspci response
>
> 0001:01:0b.0 Non-VGA unclassified device: Apple
> Computer Inc. Control Video
>
>
>
> If I write video=ofonly on kernel command at boot, X
> tell:
> Caught signal 11. Server aborting.
>
> Xorg Log show this result about framebuffer
>
> (II) FBDEV(0): using default device
> (II) Running in FRAMEBUFFER Mode
> (**) FBDEV(0): Depth 24, (--) framebuffer bpp 24
> (==) FBDEV(0): RGB weight 888
> (==) FBDEV(0): Default visual is TrueColor
> (==) FBDEV(0): Using gamma correction (1.0, 1.0,
> 1.0)
> (II) FBDEV(0): hardware: control (video memory:
> 4095kB)
> (II) FBDEV(0): checking modes against framebuffer
> device...
> (II) FBDEV(0): mode "1024x768" test ok
> (II) FBDEV(0): mode "800x600" test ok
> (II) FBDEV(0): mode "640x480" test ok
>
>
> when is video=ofonly from kernel command at boot:
>
> (EE) FBDEV(0): FBIOPUT_VSCREENINFO: Invalid argument
> (EE) FBDEV(0): mode initialization failed
> Fatal server error: AddScreen/ScreenInit failed
> for driver 0.
>
> And log change in
>
> (II) FBDEV(0): using default device
> (II) Running in FRAMEBUFFER Mode
> (**) FBDEV(0): Depth 24, (--) framebuffer bpp 24
> (==) FBDEV(0): RGB weight 888
> (==) FBDEV(0): Default visual is TrueColor
> (==) FBDEV(0): Using gamma correction (1.0, 1.0,
> 1.0)
> (II) FBDEV(0): hardware: control (video memory:
> 4095kB)
> (II) FBDEV(0): checking modes against framebuffer
> device...
> (II) FBDEV(0): mode "1024x768" test failed
> (II) FBDEV(0): mode "800x600" test failed
> (II) FBDEV(0): mode "640x480" test failed
>
> have you any suggestions?
>
>
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