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Re: Can't get xorg working on iBook - Help please!



On Fri, 2008-12-26 at 10:27 -0700, Bob Lounsbury wrote:
> Has anyone experienced the error in the attached Xorg.0.log file? I've
> also attached my xorg.conf. I've tried all sorts of changes to the
> xorg.conf, but nothing works.

[...]

> (**) R128(0): Using framebuffer device
> (II) Loading sub module "fbdevhw"
> (II) LoadModule: "fbdevhw"
> 
> (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/linux//libfbdevhw.so
> (II) Module fbdevhw: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
>         compiled for 1.5.2, module version = 0.0.2
>         ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 4.1
> (WW) open /dev/fb2: No such file or directory
> (WW) open /dev/fb3: No such file or directory
> (WW) open /dev/fb4: No such file or directory
> (WW) open /dev/fb5: No such file or directory
> (WW) open /dev/fb6: No such file or directory
> (WW) open /dev/fb7: No such file or directory
> (EE) Unable to find a valid framebuffer device
> (EE) R128(0): Failed to open framebuffer device, consult warnings and/or errors above for possible reasons
>         (you may have to look at the server log to see warnings)

This is probably because you're using OFfb rather than aty128fb (what
does /proc/fb contain?) in console. Either fix that, or try without
Option "UseFBDev", though IIRC that may be tricky to get working with
the r128 driver on Apple laptops.


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