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List: freedesktop-xorg
Subject: Re: GXT2000P, OFfb, and fbdev question
From: Michel =?ISO-8859-1?Q?D=E4nzer?= <michel () tungstengraphics ! com>
Date: 2006-09-28 16:27:37
Message-ID: 1159460858.4279.432.camel () thor ! lorrainebruecke ! local
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On Thu, 2006-09-28 at 12:14 -0400, Tom Moyer wrote:
> Does anyone have a configuration that works for the combination of a
> GXT2000P video card using the OpenFirmware framebuffer driver and the
> fbdev video driver. I am trying to configure X.org on an IBM RS/6000
> 44p-170, but when I start X all I get is a blank screen. I know twm
> is running because I can move the mouse to the left and type exit and
> it exits X. The only problem I saw in the logs is that the amount of
> VideoRam is detected as 4096, but the card actually has 32MB. I tried
> setting VideoRam in xorg.conf, but it doesn't seem to work. The log
> still shows VideoRam as 4MB.
That's probably an OFfb issue.
OFfb also only supports the mode it boots up in, are you making sure the
X server is using that mode?
If this doesn't help, please post the output of fbset -i and the X
config and log files.
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Earthling Michel Dänzer | http://tungstengraphics.com
Libre software enthusiast | Debian, X and DRI developer
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