On Thu, Sep 27, 2007 at 05:19:22PM -0400, Alex Deucher wrote: > On 9/27/07, Uwe Steinmann <uwe@steinmann.cx> wrote: > > On Thu, Sep 27, 2007 at 03:48:40PM -0400, Alex Deucher wrote: > > > On 9/27/07, Uwe Steinmann <uwe@steinmann.cx> wrote: > > > > On Mon, Sep 24, 2007 at 09:11:30AM -0400, Alex Deucher wrote: > > > > > On 9/24/07, Uwe Steinmann <uwe@steinmann.cx> wrote: > > > > > > Hi, > > > > > > > > > > > > has anybody been successful on an iBook G4? > > > > > > motherboard : PowerBook6,5 MacRISC3 Power Macintosh > > > > > > detected as : 287 (iBook G4) > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > you will need: > > > > > Option "MacModel" "ibook" > > > > > the ibook has a very odd connector config. > > > > > > > > > > > I'm running debian sid and the ati driver from experimental > > > > > > (Version 1:6.7.192-4). I hope that is recent enough. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > you need at least 6.7.193 for the MacModel option. > > > > I am now at 6.7.194, but still not successful. MacModell is set > > > > and I cleaned up my xorg.conf which still had MergeFB and a > > > > Screen section for the external monitor. I think that is all > > > > obsolete when using xrandr. My xorg.conf is attached. I'm a > > > > bit clueless. > > > > > > The option is "MacModel" not "MacModell" although it looks like it's > > > correct in your config. Can you also post your xorg log with 6.7.194 > > > and that option enabled? > > Typo in this mail. The config is fine. Here ist the log. > > > > Thanks for the help. > > > > either you monitor doesn't do ddc or your ibook uses a different i2c > line (<sigh>). > you can force the monitor on with these commands: > xrandr --addmode VGA-0 1024x768 > xrandr --output VGA-0 --mode 1024x768 That was it. The monitor must be simply too old. Very suprising to me. You made my day. Thanks. Uwe -- MMK GmbH, Fleyer Str. 196, 58097 Hagen Uwe.Steinmann@mmk-hagen.de Tel: 02331 840446 Fax: 02331 843920
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